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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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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...

SPNL Organizes a Hiking Activity for AUB Graduate Students in Baysour Hima

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with the Municipality of Baysour and Baysour Hiking Group, organized a hiking...

Hima Shines at IUCN World Conservation Congress

Abu Dhabi, October 14, 2025 — The traditional Hima approach took center stage at the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), held in Abu Dhabi,...

Razan Al Mubarak to Al-Hima Magazine: The Desert and Nature’s Resilience Inspire Me

My Priority Is to Turn IUCN’s Vision into Action (Al Hima Magazine 6th Edition)  Interviewed by Raghida Haddad, Editor-in-Chief of Al Hima Magazine. Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak is...
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A New Bird Species Described in Indonesia: A Win for Biodiversity...

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) celebrates a remarkable scientific discovery that reaffirms the importance of biodiversity and the power...
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SPNL 2025 Social Media Strategy: Riding the Trends, Staying Authentic

By Bassam Al Kantar Head of Campaign Strategy & CommunicationsSociety for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) If there’s one thing we know for sure,...
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A Journey to Bchamoun: Where Nature Breathes and Wild Hedgehogs Smile

On a warm spring morning, Hamada Malaeb, Director of the “Hima Trails” project at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL),...
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The Rise and Fall of the Black-winged Kite in Lebanon’s Bekaa...

In the gentle spring of 2023, in the heart of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, a pair of Black-winged Kites (Elanus caeruleus) established a nesting site...
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SPNL and Partners Expose Ongoing Bird Slaughter in Terbol, Northern Lebanon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw3zG1-oxko The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in partnership with the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and the Middle Eastern Sustainable...
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Martin Harper, CEO, BirdLife International. Photo Copyright: Eleanor Bentall

Nature Needs Healthy Civil Societies

BirdLife's CEO Martin Harper's opinion on civil society and conservation We are currently witness to a disturbing trend around the world: healthy civil society filled...