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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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Hima

SPNL Organizes “School with No Walls” Learning Day at Hima Bayssour and Hima Ras El Matn

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with Terre des hommes (Tdh), organized an environmental education and training day...

The “Trail of Roses” at Hima Diman Gardens: Where Nature Meets Spirituality—and Rain Blesses the Opening

Under the patronage and in the presence of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, with Dr. Antoine Sfeir representing President of the Republic...
Geological site in Kfarmatta

A Future Rooted in the Land: SPNL’s New Playbook Opens the Door to Community Conservation

Combining an ancient tradition with practical steps for local action, the Hima Playbook shows how communities can protect nature while sustaining the livelihoods, knowledge...

From “What Is a Hima?” to “How Do We Begin?”: A Playbook for Community Conservation

By Assad Serhal Director General, Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) Whenever we speak about the revival of the Hima, two questions almost...
Anti-Poaching Unit
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A man who lives with a stork for 25 years writes...

Mr. Vokic from the small Croatian village Brodski Varos takes care of the female stork Malena, whose wing was shot by hunters, for the...
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SPNL participation in Delos4 workshop in Malta: case study on Hima...

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon – SPNL represented by Bassam Alkantar, SPNL's Media Campaigner participated in The Delos Initiative fourth...
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NatureWatch App featured on MTV News

MTV news broadcasted a report featuring the NatureWatch App which was launched on May 2015. The IOS App from BirdLife International  allows you to plan your...
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Action Plan to fulfill Aoun’s “Peace Treaty” with birds in Lebanon

As a follow-up to the recent letter from Patricia Zurita Chief Executive Officer of Birdlife International to Mrs. Claudine Aoun Roukoz, the Special Advisor...
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The Delos Initiative fourth workshop in Malta: Sacred Natural Sites with...

The Delos Initiative on sacred natural sites in technologically developed countries was launched in 2004, in the context of the IUCN World Commission on...
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Richard Prior Letter to His Excellency President General Michel Aoun

Your Excellency,   May I congratulate you on your statement regarding the need to halt the excessive killing of migratory and resident birds in Lebanon and...