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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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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...
Hima

Mona Khalil: A Guardian of Sea Turtles, a Defender of Hima, and a Friend We Will Never Forget

By Assad Serhal There are people who work for conservation, and there are people who become conservation itself. Mona Khalil was one of those rare...
Hima

Coordination Meeting at Ras El Matn Municipality to Develop the Hima Action Plan and Strengthen Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Ras El Matn Municipality hosted a coordination meeting dedicated to discussing the current status of Hima Ras El Matn and developing an action plan...
Hima

The Hima Approach Highlighted as a Model for Sustainable Local Development During Dialogue Session at AUT

Environmental leaders, municipal officials, academics, tourism experts, and civil society representatives gathered at the American University of Technology (AUT) for a high-level dialogue exploring...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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Photo credit: Photo by Pascal Marchand. Suggested caption: Alpine ibex make elevational migrations. Though they don’t cover vast distances, these movements are essential for their survival in extreme winter conditions.

Global Initiative on Ungulate Migrations launches first living atlas of the...

Today, a groundbreaking online map was launched showing the migration paths of land animals around the world. An international team of over 80 scientists...
Environment
SPNL

Saturday, 7 September 2024: International Vulture Awareness Day

International Vulture Awareness Day shines a spotlight on the highly important yet vastly misunderstood birds – vultures. Join the hundreds of organisers and thousands...
Hima
SPNL

Aridi: We hope to achieve community-managed Himas in addressing nature conservation 

Mount Lebanon Hima Centers in Kayfoun received former minister Ghazi Al-Aridi yesterday. There, he met Assad Serhal, Founder and Chairman of HHI, Director General...
Biodiversity Guardianship
SPNL
A male Santa Marta Sabrewing. The species was rediscovered in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in July 2022. The hummingbird had not had a documented sighting in 12 years. © Yurgen Vega/SELVA/ProCAT

126 birds are lost to science

The Search for Lost Birds, a collaboration between Re:wild, American Bird Conservancy and BirdLife International, has developed the most complete tally of bird species...
Biodiversity Guardianship
SPNL

Actions to Strengthen Marine Turtle Conservation agreed at the Convention on...

Governments, scientific experts and stakeholders gathered over four days in an international meeting that ended today to discuss pressing conservation issues for marine turtles...
BirdLife International
SPNL

SPNL mourns the loss of Martin Abbas Hellicar the director of...

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon is grieving the loss of some of its most prominent partners after the highly respected...
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