From HMY to Smart Hima: Reviving a 4,000-Year-Old Tradition of Environmental Governance
https://youtu.be/TVdM7-xNMA0
Environmental conservation is often perceived as a modern response to contemporary crises. Yet, in this region, the idea of protecting nature through collective responsibility...
From Rivers to Resilience: How SPNL Advanced Nature Conservation Across Lebanon in Late 2025
Between November and December 2025, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) intensified its work across Lebanon’s most sensitive ecosystems, rivers,...
At Dawn in the Beqaa: How SPNL s Tracking Lebanon’s Birds, One Checklist at a Time
In the early hours of the morning, when mist still lingers above wetlands and fields, Chadi Saad is already in the field. Notebook in...
SPNL and the Art of Conservation: Documenting Life, One Species at a Time in Lebanon
In a modest field cabin overlooking the hills of Mount Lebanon, surrounded by sketchbooks, cameras, plant presses, and reference volumes, the work of documenting...
MAVA Farewell Celebration – 9 March 2023
Let’s come together to honour and celebrate three decades of collaboration for people and nature !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnRyCbFqGgw
Come and join us on 9th March 2023 CET...
SPNL Launches New Arabic Print Biannually Magazine, Focused on Al Hima
SPNL Launches New Arabic Print Biannually Magazine, Focused on Al Hima SPNL is launching an Arabic print edition ALHIMA, with the premiere issue hitting...
New Aviaries For Rescued Birds Built In Lebanon By SPNL
Within the framework of the EV New LIFE Project, funded by the European Union, SPNL was able to enhance its expertise in terms of bird rehabilitation through...
When Doves Die
Each year, around 25 million birds are illegally killed across the Mediterranean – a region where many, such as the declining European Turtle-dove, are...
Launch of SPNL’s 2022 Annual Report: Revival of Hima Creates A...
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Society for Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) 2022 report, available now for download. This annual...
