Guardians of Lebanon’s Forests and Seas: A New Chapter in Environmental Protection
After years of anticipation, Lebanon has taken a bold and much-needed step toward safeguarding its natural treasures. On June 22, 2025, the Lebanese government...
A Rare Visitor in the Reeds: Glossy Ibis Spotted Feeding in Lebanon’s Ammiq Wetland
In the early glow of a summer morning, amidst the shimmering wetlands of East Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, a rare and mesmerizing scene unfolded. A...
Kornayel Declares its Public Forest a Hima: A Landmark Step for Lebanon’s Environmental Heritage
In a groundbreaking move for nature conservation and sustainable development, the Municipality of Kornayel has taken a decisive step to safeguard its most precious...
Lebanon’s Hima Sites Officially Recognized in World Database on Protected Areas
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) is proud to announce that 27 Hima sites across Lebanon have been officially approved...
World Wetlands Day: Bolstering resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates it's wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature....
How Homat Al Hima is protecting Anjar’s Riparian forest
By Berj Tumberian
Back in 2013 16th of August, when this small, two hectare Riparian forest in Hima Anjar, the home for the threatened river otter...
Tropical forests need birds in order to recover from deforestation
by Bruno Martin
Research in the Amazon suggests that loss of birds through deforestation prevents the recovery of rainforests, due to birds' roles in the...
Homat Al Hima Finds Den of Red Fox Pups in Anjar
By Bassam Alkantar
SPNL’s Homat Al Hima of Anjar camera trap watches a den of red foxes in the wild forest of Hima Anjar, Bekaa...
Stop illegal seagulls killing in Lebanon
Lebanese environmental groups condemned the hunting of seagull off Beirut's southern shores, near the Rafik Hariri International Airport.
Our birds deserve safer flyways. To tackle these...
Young Leaders Workshop by MAVA
SPNL, whose employees and trainees are mainly young professionals who have graduated or still majoring in environmental fields, aims at enabling there role through...
