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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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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...
Hima
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Assad Serhal Represents Lebanon at the Eighth GEF Assembly and 71st...

  The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) participated in the Eighth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the 71st...
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Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples, and Community Leadership Take Center Stage at...

As the Eighth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) entered its final stages in Samarkand, discussions shifted from institutional reforms and financing mechanisms...
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GEF Concludes 71st Council Meeting as Climate Adaptation and Biodiversity Funds...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) concluded the 71st Meeting of its Council in Samarkand while simultaneously advancing major decisions through the governing bodies of...
SPNL

GEF Council Deepens Environmental Financing Reforms and Strengthens Global Partnerships at...

The second day of the 71st Meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) continued high-level discussions on the future of global...
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GEF Council Endorses Ambitious $3.9 Billion GEF-9 Package to Accelerate Global...

GEF Council Advances New Global Environmental Financing Priorities at Landmark Samarkand Meeting Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 31 May – 5 June 2026 — Global environmental leaders, government...
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Long Live the Hima!

Statement of Mr. Cyril Dewalene, Deputy Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Lebanon, at SPNL’s Third Annual Hima Forum It is a real...