What we do
SPNL and MUBS Collaborate to Launch Environmental Innovation at “Nature in Focus” Event
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with the Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS), proudly unveiled groundbreaking...
Lebanon Under Scrutiny in New Report on Illegal Bird Killing in the Mediterranean
A new international report reveals that Lebanon remains significantly off track in its commitment to reduce illegal bird killing (IKB) by 2030, despite previous...
SPNL Releases Fifth Issue of Al-Hima Magazine: Protected Areas in Lebanon — From Mountain to Sea
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has released the fifth issue of Al-Hima magazine, dedicated to the theme of protected...
Awareness and Training Activity for Maronite Scout Guides in Sehaileh, Keserwan
The Anti-Poaching Unit in collaboration with the Girl Guides of the St. Anthony the Great Troop – Maronite Scout Association, organized an awareness and...
Pufferfish Love Explains Mysterious Underwater Circles
In 1995, divers noticed a beautiful, strange circular pattern on the seafloor off Japan, and soon after, more circles were discovered nearby. Some likened...
Heaven’s eyes: Luc Hoffmann, unsung hero of nature conservation
Born into the wealthy family that founded the Roche pharmaceutical and chemical giant, Luc Hoffman turned his back on the comforts of wealth at...
The Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
By Fouad Itani,
The Chukar Partridge is a large game bird from the pheasant family. It measures 35 cm in length, with a wingspan of...
1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week: “Building a regional network to conserve...
SPNL attended the first Plant Conservation Week which was held in Ulcinj, Montenegro from Oct.24 to Oct.29. Botanists; civil society institutions working in the plant conservation field; community...
My experience with a very generous man, Luc Hofmann
* Ghassan Ramadan Jaradi
In September 1973, I was registered to prepare a PhD of ornithology in Saint Jerome University (Aix-Marseille III University) at the...
Nature Alert: Letter to an Enemy
In the summer of 2015, the EU Commission began considering whether to rewrite the vital laws that protect Europe’s wildlife and nature. They...
