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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

Lebanese Environment Forum Pushes for a Legal Framework for Marine Protected Areas Network in Lebanon

After years of active efforts to safeguard Lebanon’s environment, particularly its coastal and marine ecosystems, the Lebanese Environment Forum (LEF), in partnership with the...

Nature’s Silent Guardians: Celebrating Vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day

A Misunderstood Bird with a Vital Role They circle high above the savannas, deserts, and mountains, their silhouettes stark against the horizon. For centuries, vultures...
The Beirut River Valley stands out as both a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) and a Prime Butterfly Area (PBA) in Lebanon

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...
Publications
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Identification and Conservation of New Important Bird Areas in Lebanon

This pamphlet focuses on birds in general, the definition and description of the IBA programme, benefits of IBA inventories, Hima approach, and the list...
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Game birds – Building Capacity for Sustainable Hunting of Migratory Birds...

The pamphlet includes a study done all over Lebanon from 2005 to 2006 which focuses on the situation of hunting, in addition to data...
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SUSTAINABLE HUNTING – Building Capacity for Sustainable Hunting of Migratory Birds...

This pamphlet includes the results of a study done from June 2005 to February 2006 in Lebanon, tackling the topic of hunting in Lebanon....
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Common Birds of Lebanon

This CD provides a list of the common birds of Lebanon with interesting information about their common names in English and Arabic, habitats, food,...