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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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Anti-Poaching Unit

Awareness Session in Qammouaa – Fnaydeq on Responsible Hunting and Biodiversity Protection

As part of national efforts to combat illegal hunting and promote the sustainable management of natural resources, the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), upon the invitation...

Building Lebanon’s First Natural Park: SPNL Engages Local Leaders in the Beirut River Valley

As part of the project “Beirut River Valley: Towards Establishing Lebanon’s First Natural Park”, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),...

Lebanese Relief Scouts Join Awareness Session on Combating Illegal Hunting

In Harajel, the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) organized an engaging awareness session for the Lebanese Relief Scouts – Mar Roukoz School Troop in Qlayaat. The...

Lebanese Environment Forum Pushes for a Legal Framework for Marine Protected Areas Network in Lebanon

After years of active efforts to safeguard Lebanon’s environment, particularly its coastal and marine ecosystems, the Lebanese Environment Forum (LEF), in partnership with the...
Biodiversity Guardianship
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Kea [Nestor Notabilis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EYSL93A6Ik In this video, we learn about the kea. QUICK FACTS • Lifespan: 20 years (wild); 50 years (maximum captivity) • Length: 18 to 20...
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MAVA’s final goodbye…

MAVA’s closing has been a long time in the making. We first started getting serious about planning for the end of the foundation around...
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100 Students from Saint Jean school hike to Hima Kherbet Kanafar

In the framework of “BioConnect”, a project funded by the European Union, SPNL organized on the 23rd of May an event for 100 students....
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Our Common(s) Story Doc Episodes coming soon

Our Common(s)’ Story is an environmental documentary episodic series on commoning practices of hope, resilience and transformation set within the cultural landscapes of the...
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Plate 1. Nest of Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus at Ras el Ain in the Tyre Coast nature reserve, May 2006. © Farhat Farhat.

First confirmed breeding record of Spurwinged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus for Lebanon

GHASSAN RAMADAN-JARADI & THIERRY BARA In the Middle East, the Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus breeds in Syria (Kumerloeve 1962, 1967–69, Baumgart et al 1995), Cyprus...
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UN Draft Resolution on the International Day of the Arabian Leopard

Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, by which it adopted a comprehensive,...