Wetlands: a powerful ally in climate resilience we can’t afford to overlook
By Megan Eldred, Senior Policy Manager, Sites at BirdLife International
We are losing one of our most powerful natural allies against climate change, and yet...
New York Times Highlights Legacy of Mona Khalil and Her Lifelong Commitment to Sea Turtle Conservation
A recent article by New York Times reporter Ishani Desai paid tribute to the life and work of Mona Khalil, the renowned conservationist and...
SPNL Mourns the Passing of Conservation Pioneer Mona Khalil
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) mourns with profound sadness the passing of Mona Khalil, one of Lebanon’s most dedicated...
Mona Khalil: A Guardian of Sea Turtles, a Defender of Hima, and a Friend We Will Never Forget
By Assad Serhal
There are people who work for conservation, and there are people who become conservation itself. Mona Khalil was one of those rare...
Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming MSB conservation
Amman hosted a workshop to discuss and evaluate the project titled "Mainstreaming Conservation of Migratory Soaring Birds into Key Productive Sectors along the Rift...
Tackling illegal trapping in Cyprus
“I wouldn’t want to be a bird because it is so difficult”, said a young girl in a school in Cyprus.
She had just been...
Birds ‘heard tornadoes coming’ and fled one day ahead
US scientists say tracking data shows that five golden-winged warblers "evacuated" their nesting site one day before the April 2014 tornado outbreak.
Geolocators showed the...
Japanese Ambassador Otsuka visits Hima Kfar Zabad
The Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon Seiichi Otsuka visited Hima Kfar Zabad in the occasion of the completion of the project titled “Water Rehabilitation and...
Jbeil hosts On the Move Exhibition and Souk El Hima
Under the patronage of his Excellency the minister of environment Mohammad Al Mashnouk, and through the generous contribution of the European Union, UN Women’s...
Are crows the ultimate problem solvers?
Dr Alex Taylor sets a difficult problem solving task, will the crow defeat the puzzle?
