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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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The Beirut River Valley stands out as both a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) and a Prime Butterfly Area (PBA) in Lebanon
Hima

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...

Restoring Rivers and Strengthening Himas: SPNL’s Progress in West Bekaa

Between 23 July and 23 August 2025, SPNL’s Homat Al Hima International Center (HHIC), under the leadership of Wassim El Khatib, focused on advancing...
Environment
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Lebanese government grants municipalities a leading role in treating local waste

On July 17, 2015, the Naameh landfill was finally shut down, 15 years after its initial closing date. The Government of Lebanon had no...
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Hima Anjar

Hima Aanjar was announced in 2008, it constitutes of wetlands, agricultural/forest lands, and the Western Anti-Lebanon Mountains. This area has a variety of important...
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News in Photos: Transhumance in Sghar, Batroun

Examples of fixed transhumance are found in the North Governorate of Lebanon. Some settlements, like Sghar in Batroun, are used during summer periods from...
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News in Photos: A woodpecker and a whole

A woodpecker sits at an entrance to a whole on October 11, 2015 in Berlin. AFP PHOTO
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News in Photos: The Cranes Journey

Cranes fly on October 11, 2015 over Linum, Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA / RALF HIRSCHBERGER.
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Climate change clips wings of migratory birds in Poland

It takes the dexterity of a lacemaker to remove the tiny bird caught in nets strung between pine trees on Poland's Baltic coast, a...