Lebanon’s Protected Areas: Between Ancient Traditions and Global Conservation Goals
Lebanon is at a crossroads: its protected areas, recorded in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), reveal both achievements and gaps in the...
Guardians of Hima: Youth Leading Lebanon’s Environmental Future
Through its BioConnect Aside Event project, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with the Modern University for Business...
“Earth and Freedom” Sports and Environmental Activity in Baysour Hima
As part of efforts to promote environmental awareness and encourage outdoor sports, the Directorate of Education and Youth of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party...
Lebanon Launches First National Bird Distribution Map within Key Biodiversity Areas
In a groundbreaking step for environmental conservation, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has unveiled the country’s first comprehensive map...
Capacity Building Workshop in Jordan within the Migratory Soaring Birds Project
A capacity development workshop was organized in Jordan from 18-21 August 2013.The workshop included representatives from BirdLife partners from different countries along the rift...
Training Sessions on the New Hunting Law at SPNL
A training session for hunters took place at SPNL’s office on Wednesday 14th of August promoting sustainable hunting practices in an attempt to conserve...
SPNL uses a traditional Hima approach in IBA conservation
The revival of the hima system at the Kfar Zabad marshlands in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, is empowering communities to take responsibility for managing...
Amazing Images of Palestine Sunbird Babies at Dinner Time in Tyre
Photography courtesy of SPNL Board Member Shawki Saidi ©
This new feature portrays some of the glorious species that we encounter everyday in Tyre Southern...
Syrian Serin Birds Spotted at Hima Anjar/ Kfar Zabad by Dr....
The Hima approach that SPNL is reviving for natural resources sustainable use, reforestation and habitat restoration, water & chemicals management with the farmers, controlled...
A Planning Meeting for Hima El-Fakiha (Anti-Lebanon Range)
SPNL organized a planning meeting for Hima El-Fakiha on Thursday July 18 2013, ensuring the participation of the main stakeholders mainly municipality, CREADEL NGO,...
