SPNL

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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Homat Al Hima

Hima Anjar Youth Explore the Birds of Ammiq Wetland

An educational visit under SPNL’s PROZHUM project, funded by AFD, brought young people into the field to learn about birds, wetland habitats and responsible...

Unmaking the Trap: A Joint Effort Clears 63,030 Square Metres of Illegal Bird Nets in Lebanon

Four hours of fieldwork in northern Lebanon removed 24,750 square metres of trapping nets—building on an earlier operation in the northern Bekaa and showing...
Hima Lala

Five New Himas Double the Network in SPNL’s West Bekaa Project Area

New sites in Kefraya, Saghbine, Lala, Baaloul and Joub Jannine bring the project area’s Hima network to ten. SPNL’s fieldwork and engagement with municipalities in...

Making Dairy Wastewater Treatment Work in West Bekaa

Assessments of nine factories highlight the need to combine suitable technology with operator training, maintenance and affordable running costs. Installing a wastewater treatment system is...
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“Bioconnect” monitoring for Plants, Birds, Mammals and Herpetofauna in Hima sites

By Elie El-Haddad - Project Manager In the framework of “Bioconnect”, a project funded by the European Union that aims at ensuring effective management and...
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The Advanced Renewable Energy Training for Women Empowerment

The Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – RCEEE and Frederich Ebert Stiftung – FES in collaboration with the Lebanese Center for...
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A workshop for local farmers

Reviving Tradition: How Hima Farms Are Bringing Sustainability to Lebanon’s Upper...

Reviving Tradition: How Hima Farms Are Bringing Sustainability to Lebanon’s Upper Beirut River Valley In the rolling hills of the Upper Beirut River Valley, a...
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Assad Serhal is to be awarded an Honorary Membership by BirdLife...

From cofounding The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL ) in 1983 to establishing 28 Hima Protected areas and serving three...
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Mainstreaming MSB concerns within Energy Sector

The Migratory Soaring Birds project have an innovative approach aiming to mainstream MSB concerns within economic sectors including hunting, tourism, waste management, agriculture, and...
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5th Newsletter of of the TUNE UP interreg Med project

The 5th project semester(January-June2022)was marked by the completion of the activities in the context of TUNE UP since it is the last semester of...