SPNL

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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Assad Serhal with with Thymio Papayannis, Delos Initiative co-ordinator, and Director of med-ina.org
Environment

SPNL Mourns the Passing of Environmental Visionary and Hima Advocate Thymio Papayannis

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) mourns with deep sorrow the passing of renowned Greek environmentalist, architect, and global advocate...

Leading IUCN with Trust, Science, and Solidarity Grethel Aguilar: “When Nature Recovers, We Thrive”

Exclusive Interview with the Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Interviewed by Raghida Haddad, Editor-in-Chief of Al Hima Magazine Al Hima Magazine...

Egyptian Vulture New LIFE Project Strengthens International Efforts to Save Europe’s Most Endangered Migratory Vulture

The Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project has emerged as a major international conservation initiative aimed at protecting the endangered Egyptian vulture, Europe’s only long-distance...

Is “Hima” Stronger Than Protected Areas? Assad Serhal: Lebanon Has Introduced a Global Model for Nature Conservation and Community Stewardship

At a time when environmental and climate challenges are accelerating worldwide and pressure on natural resources and biodiversity continues to intensify, Lebanon’s “Hima” model...
Publications
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Water Climate Change and Forests Teaching Beyond Boundaries through SNOW

The aim of this educational booklet is to increase knowledge and raise awareness on water related issues, climate change and forest conservation in the...
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Female chukar partridge protecting her newly fledged brood in Hima Kheirbet...

Elie Karam a Lebanese shepard in Hima Kheirbet Khanafar shoot by his smart phone a female Chukar partridge protecting her newly fledged brood. This picture is...
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Hima Andaket Guide

Hima Upper Akkar was established in 2009 and it includes several areas, in Aandket, KarmChbat and Qobayyat. This area extends in the North of...
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El-Fekha Traditional Carpets: Knotting with Heritage

The origin of the carpet craft of el-Fekha is from the town of Bergama situated on the north-western coast of Turkey, in the Province...
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Pruning Trees

This manual was prepared as a part of the OTI funded project “Vocational Trainings on Carpet Weaving in Fakiha village & pruning in Aanjar”...
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Amman hosts BirdLife Int’l 48th Global Council Meeting 2014

Every year BirdLife Global Council meets to debate and endorse strategic issues. The 48th Global Council for Birdlife International network of 120 societies was...