Wings & Waves Newsletter | August – September 2018

  Wings & Waves Newsletter | August – September 2018 Please welcome SPNL’s 22nd Hima at Ras el-Matn 27 July 2018  was an important day for SPNL welcoming Ras el-Matn’s municipal council decree to declare the village as Hima. The municipal council, led by Mr.

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Wing & Waves Newsletter | January – February 2018

  SPNL promoting Hima at LUSH SUMMIT 2018 Held on the 14th and 15th of February 2018, Lush Summit 2018, is the annual convention hosted by the cosmetics brand. Whatever you care about, the Summit’s the place to make it count.  SPNL was invited to sit in on a hotbed of

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Wing & Waves Newsletter August 2017

Plan To Regulate The Hunting Season And To Protect The Birds In Lebanon! A action plan promoting responsible hunting and tourism was announced Sunday by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), under the patronage of President Michel Aoun’s Special

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Wings and Waves June – July 2017

SPNL’s Wing & Waves Newsletter June – July 2017 No Images? Click here SPNL and ACS will be working together on the symbolic sites of the Shouf Mountain and West Beqaa As part of the MAVA Foundation’s recently launched 2016-2022 strategy, 15 partners in the

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The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)

By Fouad Itani   The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater is a richly colored bird from the Meropidae family. It measures 30 cm in length, with a wingspan of 47 cm, and an average weight of 45 g. It is predominantly bright green, with contrasting blue cheeks, black eye stripe, a

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Wing & Waves Newsletter May 2017

SPNL’s Wing & Waves Newsletter May 2017 No Images? Click here Homat Al Hima – The Way of Life, for Sustainable Development The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, in collaboration with the municipality of Kherbet Kanafar, celebrated the “World

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Meet The Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

By Fouad Itani The Eurasian Spoonbill is a large wading bird from the Threskiornithidae family. It measures 85 cm in length, with a wingspan of 120 cm, and an average weight of 1500 g. The Eurasian Spoonbill has a distinctive long spatulate rigged black bill with yellow tip,

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Wings & Waves Newsletter April 2017

SPNL’s Wing & Waves Newsletter April 2017 No Images? Click here Celebrate the “World Migratory Bird Day” in Hima Kherbet Kanafar The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, in collaboration with the municipality of Kherbet Kanafar, invites you to celebrate

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