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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...
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SPNL Convene Annual Hima Forum to Highlight BioConnect Achievements and Strengthen...

Under the patronage of Ministry of Environment Minister Dr. Tamara El-Zein, represented by Dr. Carla Khater, the Society for the Protection of Nature in...
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Ras El Matn Strengthens the Hima Model and Ecotourism Vision

Under the patronage and in the presence of Minister of Tourism Laura El Khazen Lahoud, the Municipality of Ras El Matn, in cooperation with...
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Assad Serhal with with Thymio Papayannis, Delos Initiative co-ordinator, and Director of med-ina.org

SPNL Mourns the Passing of Environmental Visionary and Hima Advocate Thymio...

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) mourns with deep sorrow the passing of renowned Greek environmentalist, architect, and global advocate...
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Leading IUCN with Trust, Science, and Solidarity Grethel Aguilar: “When...

Exclusive Interview with the Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Interviewed by Raghida Haddad, Editor-in-Chief of Al Hima Magazine Al Hima Magazine...
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Egyptian Vulture New LIFE Project Strengthens International Efforts to Save Europe’s...

The Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project has emerged as a major international conservation initiative aimed at protecting the endangered Egyptian vulture, Europe’s only long-distance...
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Is “Hima” Stronger Than Protected Areas? Assad Serhal: Lebanon Has Introduced...

At a time when environmental and climate challenges are accelerating worldwide and pressure on natural resources and biodiversity continues to intensify, Lebanon’s “Hima” model...