What we do
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...
“Nature is enjoying itself without us”: coronavirus frees nature in Lebanon
Nature experts in Lebanon have noticed cleaner and clearer air filled with migratory birds as Beirut remains under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Migrating pelicans...
Support Hima Farms: Land that doesn’t have birds doesn’t have wealth
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Last week footage emerged online of a clip taken by a farmer in Western Bekaa, showing dozens of resting storks walking around his...
SPNL supporting the Hima communities in their fight against Covid-19
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Homat al Hima International Center (HHIC), from the latter’s headquarters in the...
SPNL prepared LRA’s building for quarantine in Khirbet Qanafar
In the framework of the joint cooperation taking place between the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Litani River...
First Signs of Spring in Lebanon 2020: Nature Awakens
As winter fades, Lebanon’s landscapes begin their transformation, welcoming the first signs of spring 2020. The season of renewal unfolds across the country, from...
Hima Farm Heroes: Andre Bechara
We call these men and women heroes, but they are just farmers working every day in their land, and it looks natural for townsmen...
