SPNL Participates in Rachaya and Beyond’s Ceremony Marking Ten Years of Volunteer Action
At the kind invitation of Rachaya and Beyond, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) took part in the honorary ceremony...
When Migration Turns Fatal: Lebanon’s Growing Threat to Migratory Birds
Lebanon, a small country with an outsized ecological role, sits at the heart of one of the world’s most important migratory bird routes. Every...
Hima: From Letter Memory to Contemporary Environmental Governance
Four Thousand Years of Natural Resource Management
Hima is not a recent invention nor an isolated historical practice. Rather, it represents a surface layer built...
From Awareness to Partnership, Building a Shared Front Against Illegal Hunting in Deir El Ahmar
In the heart of Lebanon’s northern Bekaa, where natural landscapes are closely intertwined with local livelihoods, the Union of Deir El Ahmar Municipalities hosted...
UN Women launches the 16 days campaign against gender-based violence in...
A third of the world’s women have experienced physical or sexual violence at some point in their lifetime, most by intimate partners. However, a...
Spotlighting prevention, “Orange the World” kicks off global efforts to end...
From parades to soccer matches, school debates, and the lighting up of hundreds of iconic monuments, starting tomorrow a United Nations call to “Orange...
Record breeding success for Critically Endangered Northern Bald Ibis
The Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita has had an eventful and turbulent relationship with humans that has resulted in a graph of its population decline that matches...
Balkan Lynx added to the IUCN list as Critically Endangered
The IUCN Red List has added the Balkan Lynx to its Red List as a Critically Endangered subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx. This is a very...
The Messengers – what birds tell us about the threats from...
Birds are among the best studied species in the world, making them great messengers for the effects of climate change.
As world leaders gather in Paris...
Six Himas in Jordan, Cyprus, and Greece through the Medscapes project
The Hima approach has been revived by SPNL to protect nature, birds and biodiversity in Lebanon and to ensure the sustainable use of natural...
