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Lebanon’s wildlife and wild places are facing many threats; hunting, pollution, urban encroachment; quarrying, invasive species, the list goes on and on. Some species thrive alongside mankind, but for many plants and animals, human settlement has led to a serious decline.
Through the presence of the municipality of Anjar and Fekha villages and the local community, SPNL has recently concluded the project titled “Vocational Trainings on Carpet Weaving in el-Fekha Village and pruning in Aanjar/Kfar Zabad” which was funded by OTI Lebanon. This
SPNL initiated in the beginning of 2013 a project for empowering women funded by the UN Women Fund for Gender Equality–titled “Promoting Hima Women Empowerment for Conservation and Livelihood”. The three year project aims at enhancing the livelihood of rural women through
By Martin Fowlie Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup – the Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo – remains
The EU funded project entitled “Revive traditional approaches for the benefit of the future” is implemented in Andaket, Upper Akkar. The duration of this project is 18 months where its main objective is to promote conservation of communal natural resources through revival of
Web Version | Unsubscribe Like Tweet Contact Us Wings & Waves – SPNL’s Newsletter Issue June 2014 Birdlife conservation workshop successfully completed in Nicosia SPNL participated in a regional workshop led by BirdLife International organized in
In the framework of the project MED-PHARES, SPNL participated in the kick-off meeting that took place in Cagliari- Sardinia on the 23rd and 24th in April. This meeting was an opportunity for all the partners to meet for the first time and to discuss the chronogram, the work
SPNL team members went on field visits to different areas in West Bekaa, Middle Bekaa, Kfar Zebian in Keserwan, to film a short documentary on grazing in Lebanon. The aim of the film is to show the lifestyle of the shepherds in Lebanon, the conflicts they face, stories they
A great tit carries the excrement of its offspring out of a hole in the wall on May 8, 2014 in Petersdorf, eastern Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA / PATRICK PLEUL
“It is now beyond argument that human rights law includes obligations relating to the environment,” said the UN Independent Expert on human rights and the environment, John H. Knox, to the UN Human Rights Council. From the pollution of air and water to the unsustainable use