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SPNL is the national partner for BirdLife International in Lebanon. We strive to conserve biodiversity for the provision of a better quality of life through sustaining sites, habitats, species, and people.
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Homat Al Hima

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...
Hima Lala

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...
Environment
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What Do Birds Do During a Total Eclipse?

By Benjamin Van Doren, Andrew Farnsworth, and Ian Davies Approximately every 18 months a total solar eclipse is visible somewhere on the surface of the Earth. During previous total solar...
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What Happens to Birds In Hurricanes? Watch Irma’s impact

Hurricane Irma has transported numerous species of birds far from their normal haunts. Significant storms like this (for example, Irene in 2011, or Harvey last month) often trap (or ‘entrain’)...
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Meet a Volunteer: Ghida Alame

Ghida Alame: My journey at SPNL was definitely a great start for me. I had a great time working and expending my knowledge on...
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Meet a Volunteer: Leen Al Takki

At SPNL, I learned first and foremost, that colleagues could be family and good friends. It was my first work experience and I am...
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Meet a Volunteer: Melissa Lebender

I am Melissa Lebender, currently an intern at SPNL and busy with finding suitable plants for the butterfly garden. Back in Germany I am...
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Homat Al-Hima the way of life, for sustainable development

This manual explains the concept of responsible hunting areas-RHAs, their identification and management procedure, the promotion of responsible rural tourism in non-hunting season, and...