118 Lebanese Environmental NGOs Endorse the “Hima for Peace” Initiative
SPNL to expand the initiative through engagement with ten ministries and launch it internationally in Nairobi on 8 September 2026
A broad coalition of 118...
SPNL Publishes New Guide Celebrating Hima Niha and Hima Hardine: Two Sister Villages, One Living Heritage
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has released a new bilingual publication presenting Hima Niha and Hima Hardine as two...
Launch of the “Hima Niha Park” in Batroun During the “Homat Al Hima Forum” Under the Patronage of the Minister of Youth and Sports
Under the patronage and in the presence of Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Nora Bayrakdarian, the Homat Al Hima Forum was held in...
CALL FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-LED CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
During the declaration of the “Garden of the Patriarchs–Diman” as a Hima within the Qadisha Valley on 6 August 2026, SPNL Director General Assaad...
Raptor Count Lebanon 2019 – Martin Käch | BirdLife Switzerland
Lebanon is situated straight in the eastern Mediterranean flyway and sees the annual migration of hundreds of thousands of raptors, storks and other soaring...
Raptor Count Lebanon 2019 – Valentin Moser | BirdLife Switzerland
Valentin Moser
This autumn I spent two weeks (09.09. – 22.09.2019) volunteering in Lebanon in support of the project RaptorCountLebanon2019. Watching from our viewing platform overlooking...
SPNL mourns the loss of A Rocha Co-Founder Miranda Harris and...
The Society for protection of Nature in Lebanon is grieving the loss of some of its most prominent partners after the top leaders of...
The migration of Lesser and Greater Spotted Eagles in Lebanon
By Bernd Meyburg, Ivaylo D. Angelov , Christiane Meyburg
The Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) is a long-distance migrant who migrates twice a year at...
The story of the National Coordinating Group for Key Biodiversity Areas
By Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, PhD
Just one year ago, the National Coordinating Group for Key Biodiversity Areas was formed and convened its first meeting to present...
Yancheng meeting focuses on Yellow and Bohai Sea wetland protection
More than 200 experts and scholars at home and abroad attended the 2019 Yellow and Bohai Sea Wetland International Conference in Yancheng City, Jiangsu...
