From HMY to Smart Hima: Reviving a 4,000-Year-Old Tradition of Environmental Governance
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Environmental conservation is often perceived as a modern response to contemporary crises. Yet, in this region, the idea of protecting nature through collective responsibility...
From Rivers to Resilience: How SPNL Advanced Nature Conservation Across Lebanon in Late 2025
Between November and December 2025, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) intensified its work across Lebanon’s most sensitive ecosystems, rivers,...
At Dawn in the Beqaa: How SPNL s Tracking Lebanon’s Birds, One Checklist at a Time
In the early hours of the morning, when mist still lingers above wetlands and fields, Chadi Saad is already in the field. Notebook in...
SPNL and the Art of Conservation: Documenting Life, One Species at a Time in Lebanon
In a modest field cabin overlooking the hills of Mount Lebanon, surrounded by sketchbooks, cameras, plant presses, and reference volumes, the work of documenting...
2022 World Wildlife Day theme: Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration
In addition to participating in the #worldwithoutnature activation, we will also be celebrating World Wildlife Day by highlighting key species for ecosystem restoration, which...
Key IPCC report paints harsh reality of unavoidable climate impacts and...
Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the second report under the Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6) which looks at climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
The...
7 things you might have missed from the 2021 Red List...
At the end of last year, BirdLife released its yearly update to birds on the IUCN Red List of threatened species: the result of...
Meeting held to discuss wetland conservation in the Western Bekaa
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Middle East Sustainable Hunting Center held a meeting on Saturday at the...
Happy #ArabianLeopardDay KSA Marks February 10 To Honor The Big Cat
The #ArabianLeopard is a cherished part of our biodiversity and natural heritage, and on the first-ever #ArabianLeopardDay we celebrate efforts to protect these beautiful...
Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds Issues Recommendations
In response to recent large-scale outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds, the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of...
