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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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IUCN Hosts Renowned Conservation Leader Assad Serhal for a Brown Bag Lunch on the Hima Model Gland, Switzerland

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) successfully hosted Assad Serhal, General Director of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon...

Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) Organizes Awareness Lecture at Lala Official High School on Wildlife Protection

The Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), in cooperation with the Municipality of Lala and the Hima Center, organized an awareness lecture at the Lala Official High...

HHIC Strengthens Collaboration with LRI, LRA, and Minister Hassan Mrad’s Office to Advance Environmental Education and Litani River Zone Awareness in West Bekaa

In a continued effort to protect one of Lebanon’s most vital ecological corridors, the Homat Al Hima International Center (HHIC) of the Society for...

Strengthening Local Partnerships: SPNL Holds High-Level Coordination Meetings in Ras Baalbek and Qaa

As part of its ongoing commitment to community-based conservation and resilience-building in the northern Bekaa, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon...
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The reforestation to restore damaged public lands and connect with nature...

By Reforestation Project Manager Rania Khalil   The aim is to plant 1250 trees in Hima Hammana and 1250 trees in Hima Anjar, in public lands...
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Happy Holidays from SPNL and BirdLife International!

With a year of significant conservation successes, made possible thanks to the tireless dedication of our colleagues, Partners, collaborators and you, we want to...
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Biodiversity Loses its Godfather – Thomas Lovejoy (1941‑2021)

Over Christmas weekend 2021, the planet lost two of its most precious moral leaders in Archbishop Desmond Tutu and conservationist Dr. Thomas Lovejoy. For those...
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Conservation activist from Kamed El Lawz rescues bird of prey and...

A conservationist from the Kamed El-Louz area in the western Bekaa handed over a bird of prey he had rescued to the Anti-Poaching Unit...
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Book review: the Bedtime Book of Birds by Graeme Gibson

Subtitled An Avian Miscellany, this work is a treasure trove of anecdotes, musings, ideas, folk stories and cultural insights about birds and the history...
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It’s official: birds are literally dinosaurs. Here’s how we know

Drop any preconceptions of dinosaurs, which are likely reptile-centric and warped by Spielberg; the real dinosaurs are outside your window. Yes, birds are dinosaurs....