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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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Reviving a River, Reviving a Legacy: How SPNL’s Hima Model is Helping Clean Lebanon’s Lifeline

As Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam gathered ministers, governors, and senior officials at the Grand Serail this week to address the chronic pollution choking...
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Saghbine Moves Toward Joining the National Hima Network Following BioConnect Exhibition Success

Following the resounding success of the BioConnect traveling exhibition held yesterday in West Bekaa, a promising new chapter in local conservation efforts began today...
Doroub Al-Hima

AIM Campers Connect with Nature on Scenic Visit to Hima Bissour – Darb Al-Talleh

As part of the AIM Summer Camp activities at AIM Academy Aley—and with generous support from the BioConnect project, funded by the European Union—a...
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“Weaving Hima” Exhibition Highlights Grassroots Environmental Action in the Bekaa

Under the patronage of Her Excellency the Minister of Environment, Dr. Tamara El-Zein, and in collaboration with the Litani River Authority, the Society for...
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Restoring Hima Ecosystem functions though promoting sustainable community -based water management...

Project Goals: - By 2015, the water table in the mountain aquifers is high enough to ensure an average yearly outflow of the Anjar and...
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Promoting Hima Women Empowerment for Conservation and Livelihood

Project Goal:The livelihood of rural women is enhanced through the revival of the Hima approach in the sustainable management of the IBAs of Lebanon. ...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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Endangered Species: Lebanon’s wildlife and wild places are facing many threats

Lebanon’s wildlife and wild places are facing many threats; hunting, pollution, urban encroachment; quarrying, invasive species, the list goes on and on. Some species thrive...
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Empowerment of women through vocational training on carpet weaving

Through the presence of the municipality of Anjar and Fekha villages and the local community, SPNL has recently concluded the project titled “Vocational Trainings...
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Promoting “Hima Women Empowerment” for Conservation and Livelihood

SPNL initiated in the beginning of 2013 a project for empowering women funded by the UN Women Fund for Gender Equality–titled “Promoting Hima Women...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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IUCN Red List raises more red flags for threatened species

By Martin Fowlie Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the...
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The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) is dedicated to conserving biodiversity, promoting sustainable development, and safeguarding Lebanon’s natural and cultural heritage. As the national partner of BirdLife International, SPNL embraces the Hima approach, a community-based conservation model that harmonizes nature, people, and culture. Through education, advocacy, and partnerships, we empower communities to protect vital ecosystems and species while ensuring livelihoods and well-being. Join us in our mission to preserve Lebanon's unique environment for future generations. Visit our website or follow us on social media to learn more and support our initiatives. Together, we can make a difference.

Horsh Kayfoun, Luc Hoffmann Hima Center،, Itani, Kayfoun, Mount Lebanon