Assad Serhal Awarded Honorary Membership of IUCN

Assad Serhal, the Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL),and BirdLife Partner Lebanon, was awarded the IUCN Honorary Membership Award at the council meeting of the World Conservation Congress 2020, which explored, this year, the link

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Assad Serhal the pioneer hero of Himas

“The first time I held the binoculars to my eyes I fell in love with birds…” This statement sums up Mr. Assad Serhal’s passion for nature as a whole. From cofounding The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL ) in 1983 to establishing 25 Hima Protected areas

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Assad Serhal Explains.. Why Hima is Important?

In this video, Assad Serhal explains why Hima is Important? Al Hima’ which means a protected area or place is a traditional system of management of resources practiced by indigenous people in the Arabian Peninsula. This concept has been used by the Society for the Protection

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