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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...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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World Migratory Bird Day 2016: “ILLEGAL KILLING, TAKING AND TRADE OF...

The Secretariats of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) are pleased to announce that the designated date...
SPNL

Live and let fly … the happy end of the Golan’s...

Bassam Alkantar - * SPNL media campaigner Intensive unsustainable hunting and illegal killing of migratory birds are taking place in many parts of the world...
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Moving 2015’s historic agreements into action: IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016

Register for the Congress Take advantage of discounted rates. Register before 31 May 2016 and follow the detailed login instructions to ensure you receive the...
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Preliminary assessment of the scope and scale of illegal killing and...

The scientific paper on illegal killing of birds in the Mediterranean titled "Preliminary assessment of the scope and scale of illegal killing and taking...
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Places matter, they map our lives

MedScapes (2014-2015): An EU funded project to develop Landscape Character Assessment, as a tool for the effective conservation of natural heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean. Landscapes...
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SPNL Launches The Hima Guideline Manual

Download the Guideline By Assad Serhal - SPNL Director General  Medscapes is a project to demonstrate the importance of landscape and establish a common approach towards its...