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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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Assad Serhal on Télé Liban’s “Hiwarat Al Saraya”: Lebanon’s Hima Model Earns Global Recognition

Mr. Assad Serhal, Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and member of the Global Council of BirdLife...

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...
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“An Extraordinary Legacy”: A Tribute to Dr. Jane Goodall

By Assad Serhal, Director General of SPNL (BirdLife Lebanon),Winner of the Midori Prize for Biodiversity 2018,Honorary Member of IUCN The conservation world bows its head...
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Lebanon Launches Hima Kornayel Under the Patronage of the Minister of...

Under the patronage of the Minister of Environment, Dr. Tamara Elzein, and in the presence of Her Excellency Dr. Marion Weichelt, Ambassador of Switzerland...
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A Connected Landscape: Dr. Nizar Hani on the Future of Agriculture...

Connectivity and integration between forests and agricultural lands is the future. Hopefully, in collaboration with local authorities, central government, and NGOs, led by SPNL,...
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Numbers that Talk

  2025: The International Year of Glacier Preservation (Al Hima Magazine 6th Edition)  Around 70% of the global freshwater is stored in glaciers and ice sheets, however...
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From Lebanon to the World: Al Hima at the IUCN Congress...

by Raghida Haddad As Abu Dhabi hosts the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, Al Hima magazine proudly joins the global conversation. The Society for the...
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From Tradition to Global Conservation: How Hima Aligns with IUCN’s...

By Assad Serhal, Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), Founder and Chairman of Homat Al Hima International...