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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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Assad Serhal on Télé Liban’s “Hiwarat Al Saraya”: Lebanon’s Hima Model Earns Global Recognition

Mr. Assad Serhal, Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and member of the Global Council of BirdLife...

Wetlands: a powerful ally in climate resilience we can’t afford to overlook

By Megan Eldred, Senior Policy Manager, Sites at BirdLife International We are losing one of our most powerful natural allies against climate change, and yet...

New York Times Highlights Legacy of Mona Khalil and Her Lifelong Commitment to Sea Turtle Conservation

A recent article by New York Times reporter Ishani Desai paid tribute to the life and work of Mona Khalil, the renowned conservationist and...

SPNL Mourns the Passing of Conservation Pioneer Mona Khalil

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) mourns with profound sadness the passing of Mona Khalil, one of Lebanon’s most dedicated...
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Rehabilitated Marsh Harrier released back into the wild in coordination with...

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) organised a bird release event today at Naqoura, South Lebanon, in coordination with the...
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Birdlife launches workshop to address illegal killing, trading of birds

BirdLife International, in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, BirdLife's partner in Jordan, launched the regional workshop " A Road...
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Hammana Raptor Count 2021: Bird watching is an exciting autumn event

Despite all international bird watchers’ cancellation of trips due the nationwide circumstances, Hammana raptor count 2021, proved again that nature prevails against all the...
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SPNL’s Fish and Wildlife Unit is on track to help conserve...

The Fish and Wildlife Unit (FWU), launched by SPNL earlier this year to support fish and wildlife conservation across different habitats in Lebanon, is...
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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...
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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...