Environment
Guardians of Lebanon’s Forests and Seas: A New Chapter in Environmental Protection
After years of anticipation, Lebanon has taken a bold and much-needed step toward safeguarding its natural treasures. On June 22, 2025, the Lebanese government...
Guardians of Nature: How Protected Areas in the Levant Are Struggling—and Thriving—in the Face of Turmoil
In the cradle of ancient civilizations, where wars, revolutions, and shifting borders have reshaped landscapes and histories alike, another struggle is quietly taking place—a...
Mapping Lebanon’s Hidden Biogeographic Borders—A New Blueprint for Biodiversity
🖊️ By Bassam Al Kantar
Head of Campaign Strategy & Communications🌿 Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL)
For years, Lebanon’s exceptional biodiversity—compressed into...
Minister of Agriculture and Lebanese Environment Forum Discuss Expanding Marine Protected Areas
In a key meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture, Minister Dr. Nizar Hani met with a delegation from the Lebanese Environment Forum (LEF), a...
Give your organisation a boost: the Capacity Development Fund is now...
Our Capacity Development Fund is offering a range of grants for different sizes and types of project. If you think your organisation would benefit...
Bird Your World: 12 simple actions that make life better for...
As part of Year of the Bird, we’re encouraging nature lovers around the world to take small but meaningful actions every month that benefit...
AUB Botanical Garden Annual Spring Event: Bird Sanctuary
The American University of Beirut celebrated the Botanical Garden annual spring event: Bird Sanctuary, in a ceremony that gathered academies and members of the Lebanese...
Mava M6 steering committee meet in Cordoba
On April 11, 12, & 13, 2018 Mava M6 steering committee meeting was held in Cordoba, Spain particularly in one of the Dehesas included in...
Killing Fields and Safe Havens for Birds in Lebanon | Lush...
The Committee Against Birdslaughter’s (CABS) Axel Hirschfield and SPNL’s Assad Serhal discuss exposing bird crime in Lebanon, and the positive steps that are being...
The Silence of the Leaders
By Gui-Xi Young
A ‘Silence of the Lambs’-inspired demonstration organised by BirdLife in Brussels last Friday saw 133 European NGOs demand more money for the...
