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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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The Beirut River Valley stands out as both a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) and a Prime Butterfly Area (PBA) in Lebanon
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2,900 Species Illustrated, 440 Recorded in Beirut Valley: Lebanon’s Biodiversity in Focus

Lebanon’s Beirut Valley has once again revealed its secrets through the lens of biomonitoring. With every hike, photograph, and field note, Husein Ali Zorkot...

Mapping Lebanon’s Green Heart: A Landmark Flora and Biodiversity Map

Lebanon has taken a significant step forward in documenting and protecting its natural heritage with the launch of the first national map of flora...

Anti-Poaching Unit: From Awareness to Institutional Partnerships for Bird Protection in Lebanon

Between July 23 and August 23, 2025, the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) carried out a packed agenda of activities that combined awareness, field patrols, community...

Restoring Rivers and Strengthening Himas: SPNL’s Progress in West Bekaa

Between 23 July and 23 August 2025, SPNL’s Homat Al Hima International Center (HHIC), under the leadership of Wassim El Khatib, focused on advancing...
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Learning, Planning and Monitoring: An informative journey to assess the biodiversity...

By Elie El-Haddad - Project Coordinator The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon – SPNL, and under a project funded by CEPF, is...
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Nothing is better than working with engaged local members !

By Rania Khalil, CEPF Project Manager  The CEPF project aims at promoting the conservation of biodiversity in the Upper Beirut River Valley, namely Higher Metn...
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SPNL presents training on Wild Edible Plants in three Hima sites

By Jamal Hamzeh, Project Manager The Mediterranean diet is considered by UNESCO as one “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” identifying several Mediterranean countries. Lebanon is...
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Butterflies of June 2021: Attracted by the Wild Lavender Flowers of...

Lebanon’s rich biodiversity, nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the rugged mountain ranges, provides an ideal habitat for a variety of pollinators. Among them,...
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Annotated Checklist of the Marine and Coastal Birds of Lebanon

Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi National Council for Scientific Research, P.O.Box 118281, Beirut, Lebanon Faculty of Science, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon grjaradi@cnrs.edu.lb. (Received January 2019 – Accepted January...
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Olive Groves’ Avifauna in Lebanon: The Composition of Bird Species and...

Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi* and Mona Ramadan-Jaradi Faculty of Science, Section 1, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon Received: December 7, 2020; Revised: January 24, 2021; Accepted: January 29, 2021 Source:...