SPNL Director General Mr. Assad Serhal and General Manager Air France KLM group for the Near East Mr. Matthieu Tetaud signed today a partnership agreement.
Air France is looking to support SPNL in line with its reforestation project to compensate CO2 emission.
SPNL is been selected to develop a partnership with Air France for 2020 following its worldwide project “Trip & Tree”. The aim of this partnership is to plant trees in Lebanese mountains and helping SPNL getting certification from Air France compensation partner at a later stage.
To reach its target, it is agreed that within SPNL activities: protect nature and humans, and preserve the natural resources, SPNL and Air France will be working as partners to help and preserve the nature by supporting the planting of 5000 trees through January 2020 until December 2020.
This edition of Al Hima magazine weaves together inspiring stories of nature conservation and community resilience, highlighting how Lebanon is being stitched back to life—one Hima at a time. The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) continues its mission to preserve the country’s natural heritage by empowering local communities. A cornerstone of this effort is the BioConnect project, funded by the European Union, which has achieved three national firsts: Lebanon’s first natural park (Upper Matn), first geological park (Shouf-Jezzine), and first endowment Hima (Btekhnay).