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...
Nets, Glue Sticks, Electronic Calls, and Illuminated Trees: Fighting Illegal Hunting...
By Lloyd Scott, CABS
During bird migration seasons, CABS international teams—comprised of bird experts and wildlife crime specialists—join forces with SPNL, MESHC, and sustainable hunters...
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS): Direct Action for Bird Protection
By Axel Hirschfeld, CABS chief press and communications officer
This unique organization specializes in deterring poaching at an international level, investigating illegal hunting hotspots, combatting...
The Levant Green Lizard: A Rare High-Altitude Discovery in Hima Hammana
Captured by Chadi Saad, SPNL Homat Al Hima Activist and Manager of Hima Hammana Raptor Counting Site
Amidst the towering cedars of Hima Hammana, at...
NLC Hima Green School
SPNL and New Lebanon College (NLC) signed an agreement to implement School with no walls (SNOW) program across the school. Mazen Malaeb, NLC educational...
Seven Green Projects for the Hima Mount Lebanon Center: Green Design...
The Faculty of Fine Arts and Design at the Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS) organized the 2024 Green Interior Design Competition in...
Facts and Figures of Wildlife Crimes
A 2024 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed that 140,000 illegal wildlife trafficking operations were disrupted between 2015...
