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...
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...
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...
SPNL and TyN Bringing Back Transhumanze to Save Biodiversity
The Society for the protection of nature in Lebanon (SPNL) signed a partnership agreement with Transhumancia y Naturaleza – Spain (TyN).
Both parties agreed...
SPNL Participates in ENPI Horizon 2020 Capacity Building Workshop
Through SPNL’s work on the national, regional and international level, SPNL was nominated by the ministry of Environment to participate in a regional workshop...
Bird-watching can help boost ecotourism
SPNL held a three-day workshop entitled “Mainstreaming Conservation of Migratory Soaring Birds into the Eco-tourism Sector” at Coral Beach Hotel, Beirut within the Migratory...
Workshop in El Fekha on Sustainable Hunting
As part of SPNL's efforts towards sustainable Hunting a workshop was held at Al Fekha municipality, nine hunters attended, including the Mayor of Al...
News in Photos: Bonelli’s eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)
Bonelli’s eagle is an agile, mostly silent hunter; its distinctive klu-klu-klu-klee call is heard mainly when it is near the nest or when mating....
Living with the Bonelli’s eagle, an endangered species, an environment to...
The Bonelli’s Eagle, a large bird of prey typically found in Mediterranean regions, has become increasingly rare over the twentieth century. Today, this species...
