118 Lebanese Environmental NGOs Endorse the “Hima for Peace” Initiative
SPNL to expand the initiative through engagement with ten ministries and launch it internationally in Nairobi on 8 September 2026
A broad coalition of 118...
SPNL Publishes New Guide Celebrating Hima Niha and Hima Hardine: Two Sister Villages, One Living Heritage
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has released a new bilingual publication presenting Hima Niha and Hima Hardine as two...
Launch of the “Hima Niha Park” in Batroun During the “Homat Al Hima Forum” Under the Patronage of the Minister of Youth and Sports
Under the patronage and in the presence of Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Nora Bayrakdarian, the Homat Al Hima Forum was held in...
CALL FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-LED CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
During the declaration of the “Garden of the Patriarchs–Diman” as a Hima within the Qadisha Valley on 6 August 2026, SPNL Director General Assaad...
Wings & Waves Newsletter | August 2019
Please welcome SPNL’s 24th Hima at Kfarmatta
30 July 2019 was an important day for SPNL welcoming Kfarmatta’s municipal council decree to declare...
Long-Term Sustainable Wildlife Gardening and Butterfly Monitoring and Conservation (Annual Report...
By Husein Ali Zorkot
Around this time last year, I witnessed for the first time a plain tiger butterfly (Danaus chrysippus), also known as the...
Scale of illegal bird killing in the Middle East revealed for...
By Dima Obeidat
A study out today, for the first time, estimates the scale and extent of the illegal killing and taking of wild birds in...
Embrace Elecampane Season: Celebrate Autumn with Native Wildflowers and Fluttering Butterflies
As autumn arrives, nature paints a new masterpiece across our landscapes. This season, elecampanes—those hardy, nectar-rich wildflowers—are in full bloom, and butterflies continue their...
Photographer Fouad Itani
My name is Fouad Itani and I was born in 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon. During my childhood, I used to accompany my father on...
