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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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“Weaving Hima” Exhibition Highlights Grassroots Environmental Action in the Bekaa

Under the patronage of Her Excellency the Minister of Environment, Dr. Tamara El-Zein, and in collaboration with the Litani River Authority, the Society for...

One Hima at a Time: Kefraya Joins Lebanon’s Expanding Network of Community-Led Conservation Areas

Kefraya, a village nestled in the heart of the Bekaa Valley and best known for its vineyards and sweeping agricultural plains, has taken a...

Sunset Hike on the Hima Trail in Baysour

In a breathtaking blend of nature, sport, and awareness, the group I Hike organized a special eco-sports event titled “Sunset on the Hima Trail...

Baysour Celebrates Nature: Eco-Hiking Event on the Hima Trail

In an atmosphere full of energy and community spirit, Baysour Hiking Group, in collaboration with The Progressive Youth Organization – Baysour Cell, organized a...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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Warmer climate threatening to northern birds

Will northern birds such as the Siberian jay and the red-flanked bluetail be gone in 50 years? There is a huge risk since a...
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Researcher studies increased predation of sagebrush songbirds in natural gas fields

Arid land bird populations are in decline around the vicinity of oil and gas wells in Wyoming -- but, not for the reasons you...
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Pufferfish Love Explains Mysterious Underwater Circles

In 1995, divers noticed a beautiful, strange circular pattern on the seafloor off Japan, and soon after, more circles were discovered nearby. Some likened...
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6 things you might have missed from the 2016 Red List

By Alex Dale,  ales of parrots in peril and giraffes in jeopardy dominated the headlines when the 2016 edition of the Red List was published...
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2016 Red List: great news for island endemics, disaster for cagebirds

By Alex Dale, This year’s IUCN Red List update delivers a chilling warning about the plight faced by some of the world’s most popular cagebirds,...
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Only a handful of countries on track to meet their biodiversity...

At the Convention on Biological Diversity today, global conservation NGOs released a report revealing that just 5 percent of countries who have reported...