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...
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...
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...
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...
Rare Bird Club: BirdLife International Heroes Saving 1,286 Endangered Birds
The Charming Yellow Bird and the Conservation Hero
The adorable yellow bird depicted in the painting above is the Syrian Serin, a species threatened with...
CABS anti-poaching work on Malta – a success story
By Axel Hirschfeld, CABS chief press and communications officer
With its central location in the Mediterranean Sea, the Maltese archipelago is an important stepping stone...
IRHAM AL-TAYR: From Signs to Sanctuaries A Lifelong Battle for Lebanon’s...
By Faisal Abu-Izzeddine, agricultural engineer and protected area consultant, currently chairman of Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve Committee.
Like most Lebanese I lived thru countless regional...
A Magic Carpet Ride: A Journey Through the Middle East’s Wildlife...
By Richard Porter, adviser on bird conservation for BirdLife international, founder of OSME, and author and co-author of several books, including Field Guide to...
The Anti-Poaching Unit’s Mission to Rescue Two Egyptian Vultures
By Adonis Khatib, head of the Middle East Center for Sustainable Flight for Survival Hunting (MESHC) and field coordinator for responsible hunting at SPNL
A...
Adonis Al-Khatib: From Vision to Reality in Anti-Poaching
During bird migration seasons, CABS international teams—consisting of bird experts and wildlife crime specialists—join forces with SPNL, MESHC, and their sustainable hunting partners in...
