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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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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...
Pictures from field visits to the dairy industries

SPNL Works with Municipalities and Dairy Producers to Protect the Upper Litani

Municipal meetings and visits to nine dairy factories lay the groundwork for practical measures to reduce wastewater pollution. The Society for the Protection of Nature...

SPNL Training Strengthens Skills to Address Dairy Wastewater Pollution

Litani River Authority teams and civil society representatives take part in two days of practical learning on wastewater assessment, treatment and pollution prevention. SPNL held...
Al-Hima Magazine
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IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi: One Nature, One Humanity,...

A Roadmap for Transformative Conservation Natural resources and the Earth's life-support systems are facing unprecedented rates of degradation. Pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change have...
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UNESCO and SPNL Bring Regional Leaders Together to Advance the Hima...

UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut, in partnership with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), convened a high-level regional meeting to...
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Martin Harper: “In Praise of Hima” — BirdLife International CEO Highlights...

Following his participation in the UNESCO and Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) webinar on the Hima approach, Martin Harper, Chief...
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Nature-based Solutions: Investing in Nature to Address Tomorrow’s Challenges

As the impacts of climate change intensify, ecosystems continue to degrade, and the risks of natural disasters grow, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly being...
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Minister of Environment Dr. Tamara Elzein Endorses SPNL’s IKI Proposal for...

Excerpts from the Letter of Endorsement by H.E. Dr. Tamara Elzein, Minister of Environment, supporting SPNL’s International Climate Initiative (IKI) project proposal to operationalize...
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Why I Love Vultures

Dr. Munir Virani links his own life of migration—from India to Kenya, the United States, and Abu Dhabi—with the journeys of the saker falcon....