On 1 October 2018 SPNL- BirdLife Lebanon and BirdLife Sweden announced an innovative partnership to increase awareness of the plight of migratory birds in Hima Ras El-Maten- Mount Lebanon. Articulating mainly on bird ringing at the newly established hima, for the benefit and involvement of all. Our BirdLife Sweden Bird Ringing Team of 4 persons, arrived to Beirut on the 30th of September and stayed for few days at their base camp in Ras El-Maten.
The partnership unites two of the world’s largest bird education campaigns, International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) and World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) in a bid to strengthen global recognition and appreciation of migratory birds and highlight the urgent need for their conservation. From 2018 onwards, the new joint campaign will adopt the single name of “World Migratory Bird Day” and major events to celebrate the day will be organized twice a year, on the Second Saturday in May and in October.