SPNL and Choueifat Municipality Explore Partnership to Establish “Hima Choueifat” and Advance Sustainable Environmental Development
As part of its ongoing mission to expand Lebanon's nationwide Hima network and strengthen partnerships with local authorities, the Society for the Protection of...
Aramoun Municipality and SPNL Explore the Establishment of “Hima Aramoun”
The Municipality of Aramoun and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) have initiated discussions on establishing Hima Aramoun, a pioneering...
SPNL Congratulates Lions District 351 on Launching Regional Homat Al Hima Committee
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) proudly participated in the official inauguration ceremony of the new Governor of Lions Clubs...
The Hima System: An Ancestral Heritage
By Ibrahim Fawzi Odeh
Palestine Wildlife Society
The Hima concept, recognized as one of the world's oldest systems of natural resource management, is a traditional approach...
SPNL presents training on Wild Edible Plants in three Hima sites
By Jamal Hamzeh, Project Manager
The Mediterranean diet is considered by UNESCO as one “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” identifying several Mediterranean countries. Lebanon is...
Butterflies of June 2021: Attracted by the Wild Lavender Flowers of...
Lebanon’s rich biodiversity, nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the rugged mountain ranges, provides an ideal habitat for a variety of pollinators. Among them,...
Annotated Checklist of the Marine and Coastal Birds of Lebanon
Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi
National Council for Scientific Research, P.O.Box 118281, Beirut, Lebanon Faculty of Science, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon grjaradi@cnrs.edu.lb. (Received January 2019 – Accepted January...
Olive Groves’ Avifauna in Lebanon: The Composition of Bird Species and...
Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi* and Mona Ramadan-Jaradi
Faculty of Science, Section 1, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Received: December 7, 2020; Revised: January 24, 2021; Accepted: January 29, 2021
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Charges against songbird trapper in Hammana
Follow information received in recent week, police have convicted a man for using live traps to illegally trap goldfinches in Hammana and Falougha villages...
Global research uncovers mysteries of rare Sociable Lapwing
Thanks to extensive research over the last 15 years, the Sociable Lapwing has gone from one of the world’s more obscure waders to one...
