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Project title: Building the ecologic and socio-economic resilience of the Shouf Mountain Landscape by restoring and strengthening the socio-cultural fabric which sustains its biodiversity and cultural values Report title: Mountain Pastures’ Restoration in Lebanon: A review
Bees are social and hardworking insects that produce honey, pollen, royal jelly, beeswax, propolis, and venom. In our Hima farm in Hammana, Mount Lebanon, the bees are working hard the greatest importance of honey bees to agriculture isn’t only the honey, it’s their work as
A child without education is like a bird without wingsRania KhalilSPNL Agricultural Coordinator - CEPF Project “Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!”This is the theme of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, an annual global campaign dedicated to raising awareness of migratory
Rare migratory bird species are visiting Daraya in Miniyeh-Danniyeh District, north Lebanon and attracting birdwatchers. The President of the Middle East Sustainable Hunting Center (MESHC) Adonis Al-Khatib, accompanied by the Head of the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), Shirine Bou
SPNL LaunchesFish and Wildlife Unit in response to the fish kill in Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon announced today the launching of Fish and Wild life Unit (FWU) in response to the fish kill in Lake Qaraoun on the Litani
A young Egyptian Vulture’s first migration was brutally cut short. Thankfully, BirdLife Partners were watching over her every step of the way. Through their co-operation, they transformed an illegal hunting casualty into a story of hope. By Jessica Law In September 2020,
Some 600 meters of bird mist nets have been removed from seven sites in Iklim El Kharoub, in the areas of Dibbiyeh, Al Borjein, Barja, and Al Shmmais. Mist nets are near-invisible nets, and birds fly straight into the net. One net can trap 400 birds. The poachers have found
A probable epidemic has occurred in a Mirror Carp Fish of Litani River this week. Affected fish were seen lying in shallow water and gasping at the surface. After getting notified by the LRA (Litani River Authority) about a mass mortality of fish in the Quaraoun Lake, and in
As part of our effort to curb the devastating damage wreaked by the illegal killing of birds, The Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Middle East Center for Sustainable Hunting (MESHC) organized a field
As part of MAVA funded project “Strengthening the ecological and socio-economic resilience of West Bekaa and Mount Lebanon landscapes through sustaining their cultural practices”, SPNL conducted a capacity building training on March 27, 2021 at Homat Al Hima