SPNL

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...
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Water Climate Change and Forests Teaching Beyond Boundaries through SNOW

The aim of this educational booklet is to increase knowledge and raise awareness on water related issues, climate change and forest conservation in the...
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Female chukar partridge protecting her newly fledged brood in Hima Kheirbet...

Elie Karam a Lebanese shepard in Hima Kheirbet Khanafar shoot by his smart phone a female Chukar partridge protecting her newly fledged brood. This picture is...
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Hima Andaket Guide

Hima Upper Akkar was established in 2009 and it includes several areas, in Aandket, KarmChbat and Qobayyat. This area extends in the North of...
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El-Fekha Traditional Carpets: Knotting with Heritage

The origin of the carpet craft of el-Fekha is from the town of Bergama situated on the north-western coast of Turkey, in the Province...
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Pruning Trees

This manual was prepared as a part of the OTI funded project “Vocational Trainings on Carpet Weaving in Fakiha village & pruning in Aanjar”...
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Amman hosts BirdLife Int’l 48th Global Council Meeting 2014

Every year BirdLife Global Council meets to debate and endorse strategic issues. The 48th Global Council for Birdlife International network of 120 societies was...