Every Bird Counts: Why World Migratory Bird Day 2026 Matters for Lebanon
As the world marks World Migratory Bird Day on 10 October, Lebanon has a special responsibility—and an opportunity—to protect the birds crossing its skies....
Where the Sky Has No Borders: BirdLife International’s Global Partnership Meeting and Flyways Summit
From the Arctic to Africa, migratory birds connect continents, ecosystems and people. In Nairobi, the global conservation community gathered to protect the invisible highways...
Hima for Peace Takes Centre Stage at BirdLife Summit in Nairobi
From protecting birds and habitats to building bridges between communities, Lebanon’s Hima revival offers a community-led pathway to conservation, resilience and peace
Nairobi, Kenya —...
Birds are running out of places to land: 45% of migratory bird species now in decline
BirdLife International today publishes State of the World's Birds at the Global Flyways Summit in Nairobi. BirdLife Partners, NGOs, governments and financial institutions sign the Nairobi Flyways Declaration, as...
LOVE Has No Borders: One Of The Tagged Egyptian Vultures In...
At the beginning of every spring, we look at the sky to see the Egyptian vultures coming back from their winter grounds. We always...
Coronavirus lockdown brings Lebanon’s migratory birds up close
Ayat Basma
AMMIQ WETLAND, Lebanon (Reuters) - With Lebanese confined to their homes by the new coronavirus, migratory birds in the Mediterranean country are winging...
“Nature is enjoying itself without us”: coronavirus frees nature in Lebanon
Nature experts in Lebanon have noticed cleaner and clearer air filled with migratory birds as Beirut remains under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Migrating pelicans...
Joint operation against songbird trapping in Chouf, Mount Lebanon
On Monday, The society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) team together with members of the Middle Eastern Sustainable Hunting Centre (MESHC)...
Support Hima Farms: Land that doesn’t have birds doesn’t have wealth
Last week footage emerged online of a clip taken by a farmer in Western Bekaa, showing dozens of resting storks walking around his tractor...
SPNL supporting the Hima communities in their fight against Covid-19
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Homat al Hima International Center (HHIC), from the latter’s headquarters in the...
