Day Two Highlights from the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025: Amplifying Voices, Scaling Solutions, and Celebrating Legacy
The conservation of nature requires engaging diverse voices and stakeholders—from those on the frontlines of nature’s decline, such as Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women,...
Planetary Rehab in Action: Abu Dhabi Hosts Historic IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
The world’s leading voices in environmental conservation converged in Abu Dhabi today, as the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 officially opened its doors to...
Hima for Peace: SPNL Showcases Lebanon’s Centuries-Old Conservation Heritage at IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) brought Lebanon’s ancestral conservation wisdom to the global stage at the IUCN World Conservation...
A New Era for Global Conservation: BirdLife International and the World Bank Join Forces to Protect Migratory Birds Across Continents
In a landmark moment for global biodiversity, the World Bank and BirdLife International have launched the African–Eurasian Flyway Initiative (AEFI) — an unprecedented effort...
Wings & Waves – SPNL’s Newsletter April 2015
Hima Fakiha contains a very important and fragile xeric ecosystem in Lebanon, and is a stronghold of endemism. The threats of overgrazing, erosion, and...
New Policy for Hima Anjar Water Users Association
Through the support of the MAVA Foundation and as a part of the project "Restoring Hima Ecosystems Function through promoting sustainable community-based water management...
SPNL is training local communities to make Traditional Flutes and ...
Within the EU funded project “Enhancing livelihoods of local Lebanese communities in Hima territories; from social, economic and natural perspectives” framework, the first two...
Meet the animal that’s rarer – and cuter – than a...
Native to a remote region of China, this tiny mammal, known as the Ili pika, doesn't know it's a member of an endangered species...
Hima Fakiha Wildflower Guide: Get a Spring in your step while...
When one thinks of Lebanon, one does not usually think of desert. 'A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Hima Fakiha and the Adjoining...
News in Photos: The Pine Forests of Akkar by Antoine Daher
Akkar, which stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the mountains of Northern Lebanon, is the country’s richest region in forests.
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