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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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Nature’s Silent Guardians: Celebrating Vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day

A Misunderstood Bird with a Vital Role They circle high above the savannas, deserts, and mountains, their silhouettes stark against the horizon. For centuries, vultures...
The Beirut River Valley stands out as both a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) and a Prime Butterfly Area (PBA) in Lebanon

2,900 Species Illustrated, 440 Recorded in Beirut Valley: Lebanon’s Biodiversity in Focus

Lebanon’s Beirut Valley has once again revealed its secrets through the lens of biomonitoring. With every hike, photograph, and field note, Husein Ali Zorkot...

Mapping Lebanon’s Green Heart: A Landmark Flora and Biodiversity Map

Lebanon has taken a significant step forward in documenting and protecting its natural heritage with the launch of the first national map of flora...

Anti-Poaching Unit: From Awareness to Institutional Partnerships for Bird Protection in Lebanon

Between July 23 and August 23, 2025, the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) carried out a packed agenda of activities that combined awareness, field patrols, community...
Anti-Poaching Unit
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Lead poisoning: the long goodbye

By Gui-Xi Young 1 million birds are fatally poisoned in Europe each year by ingesting lead shot from expended cartridges. The EU’s European Chemicals Agency...
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Red List 2017: seabirds starving, songbirds trapped, hope for pelican and...

overfishing and climate change are pushing seabirds such as Black-legged Kittiwake and Cape Gannet closer to extinction, according to the latest update on the...
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SPNL honours Liban Cables for adopting environmentally friendly systems

On 31 October 2017, Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon – SPNL, team visited Liban Cables Factory in Nahr-Ibrahim. The purpose of the visit...
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News in Photos: Birdlife Global Councillors November, 2017

Birdlife Global Councillors, November 2017 at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)        
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Book Review: A Guide to 200 Common Birds of Lebanon, by...

By Mike Blair, Ornithological Society of the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia   This is a splendid starter book for anyone in Lebanon, young or...
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Building the ecologic and socio-economic resilience of the Shouf Mountain and...

Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and Al Shouf Cedar Society (ACS) will be working together on a symbolic and pilot...