What we do
Kornayel Declares its Public Forest a Hima: A Landmark Step for Lebanon’s Environmental Heritage
In a groundbreaking move for nature conservation and sustainable development, the Municipality of Kornayel has taken a decisive step to safeguard its most precious...
Lebanon’s Hima Sites Officially Recognized in World Database on Protected Areas
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) is proud to announce that 27 Hima sites across Lebanon have been officially approved...
Hammana Hosts SPNL’s Traveling Exhibition “Stitching One Hima At A Time” in Celebration of Nature, Art, and Community
Under the esteemed patronage of the Mayor of Hammana, Dr. Amine Lebbos, and in close cooperation with Hammana Municipality, the Society for the Protection...
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...
Young Leaders Workshop by MAVA
SPNL, whose employees and trainees are mainly young professionals who have graduated or still majoring in environmental fields, aims at enabling there role through...
Please help support Save the Seagull, add a #Twibbon now!
SPNL asks Lebanese authorities to Stop mindless tyranny aimed at innocent seagulls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco7RxdodvA
Please help support Save the Seagull, add a #Twibbon now!
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The reappearance of the Syrian Brown Bear in Lebanon
By Fouad Itani
The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) is the smallest subspecies of brown bears from the Ursidae family. It is native to...
This is where the seeds of the world are kept in...
Deep in the Arctic mountainside on the remote island of Spitsbergen, Norway, lies a huge vault which could be crucial to the survival of...
Himas Ain Zebdeh Kherbet Anafar the Eastern slopes of Shouf Cedars...
In this film directed by Adonis Khatib Himas Ain Zebdeh Kherbet Anafar highlighted as the eastern slopes of Shouf Cedars Biosphere Reserve.
This series of...
Hima Fakiha weaving carpets with love
In this film directed by Adonis Khatib Hima Fakiha is weaving carpets with love.
This series of short films is part of SPNL’s project titled...
