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 and Waves August 2016
Publications
Homat Al-Hima Guideline Manual
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By Assad Serhal, Director General, SPNL
Homat Al Hima (HH) are intrinsic to the Hima communities, the same villages and...
Luc Hoffmann Memorial Ceremony, at Tour du Valat, Camarque, South France
By Assad Serhal – SPNL Director General
Twenty years have passed, since our first encounter with Luc, where my wife Zeina and I were invited...
Machnouk: The Approval of the Decree Establishing an Environmental Control will...
Mohammad Machnouk, the minister of environment, announced in a statement that: “The approval of the decree establishing an environmental control, by the council of...
Houbara Bustard nest discovered in Jordan
For the first time since its release between 2014-2016 under the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Houbara Reintroduction Project, a Houbara bustard nest has been...
The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and...
In 1995 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth, setting a policy framework and guidelines for national action and...
Homat Al Hima celebrates International Youth Day
A workshop was held on August.11.2016 in the Cultural Center of Byblos / Jbeil through the generous support of the European Union as a...
