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...
Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming MSB conservation
Amman hosted a workshop to discuss and evaluate the project titled "Mainstreaming Conservation of Migratory Soaring Birds into Key Productive Sectors along the Rift...
Tackling illegal trapping in Cyprus
“I wouldn’t want to be a bird because it is so difficult”, said a young girl in a school in Cyprus.
She had just been...
Birds ‘heard tornadoes coming’ and fled one day ahead
US scientists say tracking data shows that five golden-winged warblers "evacuated" their nesting site one day before the April 2014 tornado outbreak.
Geolocators showed the...
Japanese Ambassador Otsuka visits Hima Kfar Zabad
The Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon Seiichi Otsuka visited Hima Kfar Zabad in the occasion of the completion of the project titled “Water Rehabilitation and...
Jbeil hosts On the Move Exhibition and Souk El Hima
Under the patronage of his Excellency the minister of environment Mohammad Al Mashnouk, and through the generous contribution of the European Union, UN Women’s...
Are crows the ultimate problem solvers?
Dr Alex Taylor sets a difficult problem solving task, will the crow defeat the puzzle?
