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SPNL

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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Hima

Hima Kefraya: A Step Toward a Cleaner Environment and a Greener Future

In a remarkable initiative that reflects the spirit of partnership and community responsibility, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has...

Lebanon Welcomes Its 39th Hima: Hima Saghbine Strengthens the Bond Between Nature and People

Nestled in the green heart of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, the village of Saghbine has become home to the country’s 39th Hima, a community-managed conservation...

Skimming the Autumn Light: Three Terns at Aammiq

On a warm September morning at Aammiq Wetland—the largest remaining freshwater marsh in Lebanon—wildlife photographer and SPNL Birdwatcher Chadi Saad caught a fleeting trio...

Major Bird Trapping Operation in Halba, North Lebanon Shut Down!

Today, we delivered a significant blow to illegal wildlife crime during the peak autumn migration season 🍂. Working with our partners and with rapid support...
Fish and Wildlife Unit
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SPNL’s Fish and Wildlife Unit is on track to help conserve...

The Fish and Wildlife Unit (FWU), launched by SPNL earlier this year to support fish and wildlife conservation across different habitats in Lebanon, is...
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First complete pterosaur from Lebanon: insight into pterodactyloid diversity

Abstract Despite being known from every continent, the geological record of pterosaurs, the first group of vertebrates to develop powered flight, is very uneven, with...
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Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) released back into the wild

In the past days we released another rehabilitated birds back into the wild. Three out of four Common Kestrels were illegal hunting casualties recovered. After...
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Patricia Zurita: “We need a new economic system based on nature”

The head of BirdLife International on why safeguarding other species is inseparable from ensuring humanity’s own survival. In 1995, a young Patricia Zurita was researching...
SPNL

$3 billion wetland conservation project launched for birds, nature & people

Today, BirdLife announced an ambitious new collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership to protect wetlands along one of...
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Season’s tweetings: World Migratory Bird Day celebrated at SPNL’s Himas across...

People all over the world celebrated on October 9 World Migratory Bird Day, a global campaign that aims to raise awareness of migratory birds...