SPNL Launches Official Map of Hima Kornayel : Empowering Local Stewardship Through Scientific Mapping and Community Ownership
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has officially launched the geospatial map of Hima Kornayel, marking a new milestone in its efforts to...
Illegal Hunter Arrested in Dinnieh Following Documented Violations by the Anti-Poaching Unit
Based on a documented complaint submitted by sustainable hunters to the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), the APU’s electronic tracking and investigation team prepared a detailed...
Major Operation Shuts Down One of the Largest Illegal Bird Trapping Sites Ever Recorded in Lebanon
In a major coordinated operation, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), through its Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) jointly operated with MESHC...
Joint Operation by APU, Ministry of Agriculture, and Internal Security Forces Removes Illegal Wildlife Trade Violations in Al-Labweh
Al-Labweh, Northern Beqaa – As part of ongoing efforts to protect wildlife and enforce environmental law, the Anti-Poaching Unit, in coordination with Dr. Abbas...
First complete pterosaur from Lebanon: insight into pterodactyloid diversity
Abstract
Despite being known from every continent, the geological record of pterosaurs, the first group of vertebrates to develop powered flight, is very uneven, with...
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) released back into the wild
In the past days we released another rehabilitated birds back into the wild. Three out of four Common Kestrels were illegal hunting casualties recovered.
After...
Patricia Zurita: “We need a new economic system based on nature”
The head of BirdLife International on why safeguarding other species is inseparable from ensuring humanity’s own survival.
In 1995, a young Patricia Zurita was researching...
$3 billion wetland conservation project launched for birds, nature & people
Today, BirdLife announced an ambitious new collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership to protect wetlands along one of...
Season’s tweetings: World Migratory Bird Day celebrated at SPNL’s Himas across...
People all over the world celebrated on October 9 World Migratory Bird Day, a global campaign that aims to raise awareness of migratory birds...
UN Human Rights Council approves universal right to healthy environment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gko_eou1mtc
In a landmark historical moment, the UN Human Rights Council has unanimously voted in favour of introducing a new human right: the universal right...
