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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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Natural Parks

Towards Lebanon’s First Natural Park: A Vision Unfolds in Ras El Matn

By Assad Serhal In the heart of Mount Lebanon, a landmark environmental initiative is taking shape. Lebanon’s first officially designated Higher Matn Natural Park is...

Coordination Meeting Between the Litani River Authority and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL)

As part of efforts to strengthen environmental cooperation, a team from the Litani River Authority held a coordination meeting with a delegation from the...

Beirut River Valley: Towards Establishing Lebanon’s First Natural Park

Project Overview  Duration: 18 months (July 2025 – December 2026) Donor: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Target Area: Upper Beirut River Valley in Mount lebanon Villages...

Sustainable Water Ecosystems Restoration: Reviving the Upper Litani River and Qaraaoun Lake

Project Overview Duration: 17 months (June 2025 – November 2026) Donor: Donors' Initiative for Mediterranean Freshwater Ecosystems (DIMFE) Target Area: West Bekaa (Upper Litani and Qaraoun Lake) Villages...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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Red List update: parrots of the Americas in peril

One of the planet’s most beleaguered avian groups, the neotropical parrots, took another hit in the 2020 Red List, with a further four species...
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Fourth e-newsletter on the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project

Welcome, To our fourth e-newsletter on the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project. 2020 has been a difficult year for the whole world, not only for humans but...
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ASSESSMENT OF WETLANDS TO BE RESTORED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

For decades, many wetlands in the Mediterranean have been degraded or destroyed, so action is urgently needed to restore them. With the aim of...
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Happy World Wetland Day

Today is World Wetlands Day! Every year we celebrate World Wetlands Day to raise global awareness about the high importance of wetlands for people...
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How to Stop Poaching and Protect Endangered Species?

The Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Middle East Center for Sustainable Hunting (MESHC)...
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Spot the birds

By Shane Sparg, Conservation Partnerships Manager 2020 was an unusual year with many unexpected events taking place beyond our control, but something that did not...