SPNL concludes the month the world celebrates Biological Diversity and Migratory Birds with adopting its 2030 Organisational Development Strategy, event of the year.

On May 29, board members, senior management and staff celebrated the adoption of their ten-year strategy, hoping it drives the organisation towards wider success and bigger impact. To strengthen its position amidst the challenging environment of biodiversity crisis, climate emergency and national political and economic instability, SPNL developed its 2030 Organisational Development Strategy, with the generous funding from BirdLife Capacity Development Fund (CDF).

Towards its 2030 vision, SPNL is committed to four pillars. First comes Nature Conservation in terms of enabling and strengthening conservation of terrestrial and aquatic species, as well as natural habitats and high nature value agricultural land within Lebanon’s Hima. The second pillar revolves around Community-Based Sustainable Development, as to advancing the Hima Revival, promoting Hima Education to build an environmentally-conscious community through capacity building and experiential learning, and developing the Hima Market to support SMEs and strengthen the livelihoods in Hima communities. Third is Nature-Based Climate Action, where SPNL has committed to minimizing climate change impact on biodiversity and natural ecosystems and further utilizing nature’s capacity for climate change mitigation. To fuel the delivery of these goals, SPNL is keen to develop its development and operating structures as well as its technical expertise, as part of the Organisational Development forth pillar.

Finally, in a pro-active step towards its financial sustainability, SPNL has launched two Hima Home centers in strategically located areas to create, manage, and direct all activities related to local economic development of the Himas and surrounding regions, and further contribute to its financial viability.

SPNL is evolving and growing while trying to adapt to constant challenges and changing realities. The 2030 Strategy will grant SPNL a vision, direction, clarity of focus, realistic targets, financially and legally viable operations and indicators against which to measure progress.