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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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In Conversation with Assad Serhal: Reviving the Hima for People and Nature

Today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Manoswini Sarkar sat down with Assad Serhal, Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature...

SPNL Organizes a Hiking Activity for AUB Graduate Students in Baysour Hima

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with the Municipality of Baysour and Baysour Hiking Group, organized a hiking...

Hima Shines at IUCN World Conservation Congress

Abu Dhabi, October 14, 2025 — The traditional Hima approach took center stage at the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), held in Abu Dhabi,...

Razan Al Mubarak to Al-Hima Magazine: The Desert and Nature’s Resilience Inspire Me

My Priority Is to Turn IUCN’s Vision into Action (Al Hima Magazine 6th Edition)  Interviewed by Raghida Haddad, Editor-in-Chief of Al Hima Magazine. Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak is...
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Flyways: Birds have No boundary! Let’s create a safe flyway...

By Bassima Khatib Lebanon lies on a strategic position: on the second most important flyway in the world between Europe & Asia downward to Africa...
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How To Begin Composting If You Don’t Know Where To Start

As part of a micro-project funded by TDV, AFD, and FFEM, SPNL organized a training session on composting in SPNL’s newly established HHIC center...
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The future of forest conservation goes digita

With many countries in lockdown, conservationists are finding new ways to fight deforestation and support communities that live in tropical forest landscapes. BirdLife’s Forest...
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SPNL’s Current and Post COVID-19 Action Planning

Mount Lebanon Hima Center- MLHC team led by its Director Jamal Hamzeh organized, today, an action planning workshop for SPNL team members who are...
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SPNL and MESHC Anti-Poaching Unit: safety valve for nature

The Anti-poaching unit works as a Liaison between for Sustainable Hunting program for SPNL ​(Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon), and the...
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International Day of Biodiversity: HIMA Revival to Stop Nature Bankruptcy and...

Hima, literally meaning “a protected place” in Arabic, is a traditional system of resource tenure that has originated in the Arabian Peninsula 1500 years...