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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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Critically Endangered Philippine Eagle © Nigel Voaden.
Environment

From Forests to Futures: How Innovation is Rewriting the Story of Climate Resilience

On the International Day of Forests, the world pauses to reflect on landscapes that quietly sustain life. Forests, covering nearly a third of the...

SPNL at Bkerke: Advancing the Hima Approach and Environmental Leadership in Lebanon

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, SPNL, took part in a landmark national and environmental meeting with His Beatitude Cardinal Mar...

Storks Soar Over Bkerke During Environmental Visit, A Powerful Message of Hope and Nature

In a remarkable natural moment, the visit of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Members’ Network delegation to the Patriarchal See in...

SPNL Director General Invited to Speak at Global Environment Facility Assembly in Uzbekistan

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) announced that its Director General, Assad Serhal, has received an official invitation to participate...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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LOVE Has No Borders: One Of The Tagged Egyptian Vultures In...

At the beginning of every spring, we look at the sky to see the Egyptian vultures coming back from their winter grounds. We always...
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Coronavirus lockdown brings Lebanon’s migratory birds up close

Ayat Basma AMMIQ WETLAND, Lebanon (Reuters) - With Lebanese confined to their homes by the new coronavirus, migratory birds in the Mediterranean country are winging...
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“Nature is enjoying itself without us”: coronavirus frees nature in Lebanon

Nature experts in Lebanon have noticed cleaner and clearer air filled with migratory birds as Beirut remains under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fptWNJ53j9o Migrating pelicans...
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Joint operation against songbird trapping in Chouf, Mount Lebanon

On Monday, The society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) team together with members of the Middle Eastern Sustainable Hunting Centre (MESHC)...
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Support Hima Farms: Land that doesn’t have birds doesn’t have wealth

Last week footage emerged online of a clip taken by a farmer in Western Bekaa, showing dozens of resting storks walking around his tractor...
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SPNL supporting the Hima communities in their fight against Covid-19

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Homat al Hima International Center (HHIC), from the latter’s headquarters in the...