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AUB Students Join SPNL’s Hima Farm for Community Service and Environmental Awareness in Hammana
In a vibrant display of youth engagement and environmental stewardship, a group of students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) has joined the...
APU Unit Visits Gendarmerie Commander: Joint Commitment to Strengthening Wildlife Protection and Combating Poaching
As part of ongoing efforts to bolster environmental security in Lebanon, the Commander of the Gendarmerie, Brigadier General Jean Aouad, received a delegation from...
Study Exposes Disconnect Between Conservation Policies and Local Realities in Lebanon’s Biosphere Reserves
A groundbreaking study has revealed critical gaps between conservation theory and practice in Lebanon’s biosphere reserves, calling for urgent reforms to make environmental protection...
How BirdLife International and the Conservation Leadership Programme Are Shaping the Future of Global Conservation
In the sweltering forests of northeastern Brazil, a once-forgotten parrot has reclaimed the skies. Thousands of miles away in Assam, India, young girls don...
Arsal hosts “One Square Meter” Workshop
The One Square Meter is a needle-felt sculpture which creatively demonstrates, in tangible form, the link between mobile pastoralism and biodiversity. It is comprised...
Lavender Season in Full Bloom: A Fragrant Spectacle Unfolds
As spring unfolds across Lebanon, vibrant lavenders are in full bloom, heralding the season of butterflies, bees, and hummingbird hawkmoths. Nature enthusiasts and families...
Nature and Culture in Menorca: meeting of the Cultural Landscapes Steering...
A Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Cultural Landscapes Outcome Action Plan (OAP) of the Mediterranean Programme was held in the Balearic island of Menorca...
MOBILE PASTORALISM AND PROTECTED AREAS: CONFLICT, COLLABORATION AND CONNECTIVITY
Engin Yılmaz1 , Liza Zogib2 , Pablo Urivelarrea3 and Semiha Demirbaş Çağlayan1
Corresponding author: engin@bican.net
1 Yolda IniƟaƟve, Atatürk Bulvarı, 105/604, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
2 DiversEarth, Chemin...
HIMA FOR PEACE: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN BIRDS | Assad Serhal
Al Hima’ which means a protected area or place is a traditional system of management of resources practised by indigenous people in the Arabian...
Poland and Lebanon are joining hands to protect migratory soaring birds
Mr. Assad Serhal, SPNL Director General, and Mr. Andre Bechara SPNL Board member met today with the Polish Ambassador to Lebanon Przemyslaw Niesiolowski, to...
