Hima Anjar Youth Explore the Birds of Ammiq Wetland
An educational visit under SPNL’s PROZHUM project, funded by AFD, brought young people into the field to learn about birds, wetland habitats and responsible...
Unmaking the Trap: A Joint Effort Clears 63,030 Square Metres of Illegal Bird Nets in Lebanon
Four hours of fieldwork in northern Lebanon removed 24,750 square metres of trapping nets—building on an earlier operation in the northern Bekaa and showing...
Five New Himas Double the Network in SPNL’s West Bekaa Project Area
New sites in Kefraya, Saghbine, Lala, Baaloul and Joub Jannine bring the project area’s Hima network to ten.
SPNL’s fieldwork and engagement with municipalities in...
Making Dairy Wastewater Treatment Work in West Bekaa
Assessments of nine factories highlight the need to combine suitable technology with operator training, maintenance and affordable running costs.
Installing a wastewater treatment system is...
Raptor Count Lebanon 2019 – Valentin Moser | BirdLife Switzerland
Valentin Moser
This autumn I spent two weeks (09.09. – 22.09.2019) volunteering in Lebanon in support of the project RaptorCountLebanon2019. Watching from our viewing platform overlooking...
SPNL mourns the loss of A Rocha Co-Founder Miranda Harris and...
The Society for protection of Nature in Lebanon is grieving the loss of some of its most prominent partners after the top leaders of...
The migration of Lesser and Greater Spotted Eagles in Lebanon
By Bernd Meyburg, Ivaylo D. Angelov , Christiane Meyburg
The Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) is a long-distance migrant who migrates twice a year at...
The story of the National Coordinating Group for Key Biodiversity Areas
By Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, PhD
Just one year ago, the National Coordinating Group for Key Biodiversity Areas was formed and convened its first meeting to present...
Yancheng meeting focuses on Yellow and Bohai Sea wetland protection
More than 200 experts and scholars at home and abroad attended the 2019 Yellow and Bohai Sea Wetland International Conference in Yancheng City, Jiangsu...
Biggest sting against illegal bird trapping in Lebanon to date
The teams of our current bird protection camp conducted intelligence-led field investigations against illegal mist nets in the towns of Saida and Barja, south...
