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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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Hima Sites

Kornayel Declares its Public Forest a Hima: A Landmark Step for Lebanon’s Environmental Heritage

In a groundbreaking move for nature conservation and sustainable development, the Municipality of Kornayel has taken a decisive step to safeguard its most precious...
A tranquil path leads through a vibrant Hima site, where wildflowers bloom and cedar forests thrive under Lebanon’s summer skies. This landscape reflects the harmony between nature and community conservation.
Photo Credit: Spyro Klitira

Lebanon’s Hima Sites Officially Recognized in World Database on Protected Areas

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) is proud to announce that 27 Hima sites across Lebanon have been officially approved...

Hammana Hosts SPNL’s Traveling Exhibition “Stitching One Hima At A Time” in Celebration of Nature, Art, and Community

 Under the esteemed patronage of the Mayor of Hammana, Dr. Amine Lebbos, and in close cooperation with Hammana Municipality, the Society for the Protection...

AUB Students Join SPNL’s Hima Farm for Community Service and Environmental Awareness in Hammana

In a vibrant display of youth engagement and environmental stewardship, a group of students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) has joined the...
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Strategic Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy

SPNL , represented by the assistant director general Ms. Bassima Khatib, has participated in the national Strategic Environmental Assessment  (SEA) consultation workshop for the...
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Wings & Waves – SPNL’s Newsletter October 2014

  Wings & Waves - SPNL's Newsletter October 2014 SPNL participate in the European Heritage Days in Paris The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon...
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On the move exhibition: Geneva Chapter

On the Move exhibition is set to make its third stop in Geneva at the Natural History Museum… With 30’000 visitors in the month...
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Dismissing of the shepherds

This very popular song in Spain on the dismissing of the shepherds, who leave in winter the mountains. The images are of the herds...
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capacityforconservation.org to help meet global challenges

A new online resource, capacityforconservation.org has been launched that aims to support and strengthen conservation organisations and help them to achieve – and sustain...
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Up to a billion birds die flying into windows

Hundreds of millions of birds die every year flying straight into windows. The locals - pigeons and seagulls - aren't as vulnerable but migrating...