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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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SPNL Congratulates Razan Al Mubarak on Her Re-Election as IUCN President

Assad Serhal: “A renewed mandate for unity, science, and hope for nature and people.” Beirut, 16 October 2025 — The Society for the Protection of...

SPNL Meets with IUCN’s Tim Badman to Explore World Heritage Site Designation Process

During the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in Abu Dhabi, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) delegation met with Tim...

SPNL Empowers Local Communities through Nature-Based Solutions and Hima Awareness under the Al Murunah and Al Murunah+ Projects

Under the Al Murunah and Al Murunah+ projects, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) reaffirmed its commitment to empowering local...

In Conversation with Assad Serhal: Reviving the Hima for People and Nature

Today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Manoswini Sarkar sat down with Assad Serhal, Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature...
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Lebanon is fighting poachers in response to #FlightForSurvival campaign

Under The patronage and The presence of Minister of Environment and Ministry of Interior, represented by  Saliba and Lt Col. Joseph Moussallem from The...
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H.E. Zhang Xinsheng , President of the Council of The World...

SPNL executive board members lead by SPNL President Affaf Saidi, and SPNL team lead by SPNL CEO Assad Serhal and Hima representatives from Hamanna,...
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Wings & Waves Newsletter | August 2019

  Please welcome SPNL’s 24th Hima at Kfarmatta 30 July 2019  was an important day for SPNL welcoming Kfarmatta’s municipal council decree to declare...
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Long-Term Sustainable Wildlife Gardening and Butterfly Monitoring and Conservation (Annual Report...

By Husein Ali Zorkot Around this time last year, I witnessed for the first time a plain tiger butterfly (Danaus chrysippus), also known as the...
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Scale of illegal bird killing in the Middle East revealed for...

By Dima Obeidat A study out today, for the first time, estimates the scale and extent of the illegal killing and taking of wild birds in...
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Embrace Elecampane Season: Celebrate Autumn with Native Wildflowers and Fluttering Butterflies

As autumn arrives, nature paints a new masterpiece across our landscapes. This season, elecampanes—those hardy, nectar-rich wildflowers—are in full bloom, and butterflies continue their...