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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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When War Crosses the Sky: Migratory Birds Over Lebanon

Each spring and autumn, the skies above the Levant transform into one of the world’s greatest aerial highways. Hundreds of millions of birds glide...

IUCN Members Network in Lebanon Strengthens Environmental Cooperation and Launches New Media Initiatives

The IUCN Members Network in Lebanon convened an online meeting on Friday, 13 March 2026, bringing together representatives from environmental organizations and academic institutions...

The Story Behind the Hima Hammana Logo

High in the mountains of Mount Lebanon, where forests meet waterfalls and migratory birds cross the sky above the Beirut River Valley, the village...

A Municipality Steps Forward: Ebadieh Backs a Vision for the Beirut River Valley Natural Park

In a modest yet powerful gesture of environmental leadership, the Municipality of Ebadieh has formally endorsed a visionary initiative to establish a Natural Park...
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SPNL Successfully Conducts Hima Advocacy Initiative with Minister Wael Abou Faour

In January 12- 2024 ,Homat Al Hima International Centre (HHIC) engaged in a collaborative effort to bolster conservation initiatives by visiting Minister Wael Bou...
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The Green Light protocol 2024: A tool from the Mediterranean Alliance...

The Green Light Protocol is a tool from the Mediterranean Alliance for Network to support the conceptualization, stakeholder engagement and promotion of a new...
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Leading the way: Assad Serhal, co-founder of the environmental organization Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, shows interested visitors one of the 28 protected Hima areas.

Support Program Conflict, Climate Change and Environment in the Middle East

We support project ideas and exchange among organizations in the Middle East working on the nexus of climate change, environmental governance and conflict.   Hima for...
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The fate of migratory birds: storks, cranes and eagles become featherweight...

The migratory birds are coming. And the hunters are already waiting Migratory birds from half of Europe fly over Lebanon twice a year, where hunters shoot...
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Homat Alhima of the Year award 2023

Today, in the presence of Mr. Fadi Ghanem, Head of the National Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Lebanon,...
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The 2023 Red List update reveals hope for birds in crisis

As the world teeters on the precipice of environmental devastation, BirdLife’s contribution to the 2023 IUCN Red List provides a stark reminder that we...