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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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BioConnect Programme Concludes, Leaving a Lasting Legacy for Biodiversity Conservation in Lebanon

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) today joined partners, institutions, experts, local authorities, and environmental stakeholders in marking the successful...
Hima

Nature and Humanity Under Fire, Yet Hope Endures Through Hima

By Assad Serhal Director General, Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) BirdLife International Global Council Member As I return from Samarkand following the Eighth...
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SPNL Celebrates LIFE Citizens’ Prize Win and Reaffirms Its Contribution to Egyptian Vulture Conservation

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has congratulated the partners of the project "Urgent Action to Strengthen the Balkan Population...
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SPNL Showcases the Hima Model at Regional Workshop on Wildlife Conservation in Jordan

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) participated in the Regional Workshop on Promoting Positive Community Behaviour to Reduce Demand for...
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declared by law as nature reserve in 1992. A management plan exists but needs to be updated

Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Ehden Forest Nature Reserve

Location: Situated between 1200-2000 m elevation on the upper northwestern slopes of Mount Lebanon. Total area: 140 ha IBA Criteria met: A1, A2 Explanation: Most balanced...
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Northern side of the valley is protected as the "Bentael Nature Reserve" - hunting and garbage dumping banned, foot access in the nature reserve is limited to designated trails

Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Bentael Forest Nature Reserve

  Location: In the hills just east of the town of Jbail, on the coast north of Beirut.   Total area: 150 ha IBA Criteria met: B1iv   Explanation: There...
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Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Palm Islands Nature Reserve

Location: The three islands lie approximately 5.5 km north-west of the city of Tripoli. Total area: 500 ha IBA Criteria met: A1 Explanation: A1 Several...
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Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Beirut River Valley

Location: The site consists mainly of Beirut River water shed, extending 20km west from Falougha, where the river rises, to the outskirts of Hazmeih, just...
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Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Anjar Kfar Zabad

Location: Eastern Bekaa, at foot of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, in the municipalities of Anjar and Kfar Zabad. Total area: 326 ha  IBA Criteria met: A1 Explanation: At...
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Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Aammiq Wetlands

Location: West Bekaa at the foot of Mount Lebanon and stretching across to the Litani River at 865m. Total area: 280ha approx. IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i,...
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