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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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SPNL Advances Conservation, Wetland Restoration and Hima Initiatives Across Lebanon

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) continued to expand its conservation, restoration and community-based environmental initiatives during May, June and...

More Than Birdwatching: How SPNL Turned Every Walk into a Conservation Story

June–July 2026 Field Report: Bird Monitoring, Eco-Tourism and Conservation Outreach Across Lebanon Throughout June and July 2026, SPNL Nature Guide and Bird Monitoring Officer Chadi...

Hima Hardine: Where Faith Meets Nature

High in the mountains of Batroun, where the peaks seem to touch the sky, Hardine stands like an open book recounting thousands of years...

From a Passion for Hiking to Nature Conservation: How SPNL Helped Create Hima Baysour and Advance Ecotourism

What began as a grassroots passion for hiking among the people of Baysour has evolved into one of Lebanon's leading examples of community-based conservation,...
Biosphere Reserves
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Do Biosphere Reserves Work for Local Communities? Evidence from Lebanon

Biosphere reserves are often celebrated as success stories of modern conservation, spaces where nature protection, sustainable development, and community participation coexist. But a peer-reviewed...
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HHIC Organizes an Educational Awareness Day Across Three Hima Villages in...

The Homat Al Hima International Center (HHIC) organized a full educational awareness day across the West Bekaa zone, engaging students from three Hima-designated schools...
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Strengthening International Cooperation and Knowledge Exchange How Lebanon Is Deepening Its...

In an era of accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss, and mounting pressure on natural resources, the need for cross-border cooperation and shared environmental learning...
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SPNL Hosts UNESCO Delegation to Review Beirut River Valley Biosphere Reserve...

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) welcomed a senior delegation from UNESCO at the Luc Hoffmann Center in Kayfoun. The visiting...
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SPNL and Litani River Authority Deepen Cooperation to Restore Biodiversity Corridors...

Dr. Sami Alawieh Receives the “Homat Al Hima Environment Hero Award – 2025” 🥇 As part of the strategic agreement signed between the Society for...
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SPNL Advances Sustainable Waste Management in the West Bekaa through the...

As part of the “Reviving the Upper Litani River and Qaraoun Lake” project funded by DIMFE, the Society for the Protection of Nature in...