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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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Al-Hima Magazine

Minister of Environment Dr. Tamara Elzein Endorses SPNL’s IKI Proposal for the Beirut River Valley Biosphere Reserve

Excerpts from the Letter of Endorsement by H.E. Dr. Tamara Elzein, Minister of Environment, supporting SPNL’s International Climate Initiative (IKI) project proposal to operationalize...

Why I Love Vultures

Dr. Munir Virani links his own life of migration—from India to Kenya, the United States, and Abu Dhabi—with the journeys of the saker falcon....

Reading the City: Hussain Almoosawi’s Façade to Façade

Hussain Almoosawi’s practice extends beyond photography into communication design, documentation, and storytelling, guided by a curiosity about why things look the way they do....

Guardians of the World’s Birds: Inside BirdLife International’s Global Science Team

BirdLife International is a global conservation partnership dedicated to saving birds and their habitats, bringing together environmental organizations in more than 120 countries, including...
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Hima West Baalbek

Since 2018, this area was declared as a regional Hima due to its cultural and ecological importance. The plant life of the West Baalbek...
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Hima Mansouri

Hima Mansouri, declared by SPNL and the concerned municipality in 2008, is similar to Hima Qoleileh as they have the same ecosystem. In this...
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Hima Qoleileh

This coastal area is known for its marine biodiversity, leading SPNL and the municipality to announce it as a Hima in 2006. This 0.01...
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Al Hima : a way of life

This book is the fruit of a wide collaboration. It is an expression of rich ideas. But most of all it’s an articulation of passion....
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Conservation of the Marine Hima of Qoleileh Village, South Lebanon

Background Qoleileh, a coastal village in South Lebanon, is home to one of the country's few remaining healthy marine ecosystems. It has rocky shores, seagrass...
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Birds of the Middle East

A translated version into Arabic of the field guide “Birds of the Middle East” that identifies all the birds, local or migratory, through the...