Hima for Peace Takes Centre Stage at BirdLife Summit in Nairobi
From protecting birds and habitats to building bridges between communities, Lebanon’s Hima revival offers a community-led pathway to conservation, resilience and peace
Nairobi, Kenya —...
Birds are running out of places to land: 45% of migratory bird species now in decline
BirdLife International today publishes State of the World's Birds at the Global Flyways Summit in Nairobi. BirdLife Partners, NGOs, governments and financial institutions sign the Nairobi Flyways Declaration, as...
Andre Bechara Highlights SPNL’s Hima Model for Community-Led Conservation at BirdLife Summit
Andre Bechara, Head of the Homat Al Hima Programme at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), brought Lebanon’s Hima experience...
Remember this word: HIMA.
In a powerful 60-second pitch, Raghida Haddad, Editor in Chief of Al Hima environmental magazine, addressed nearly 500 delegates from 124 countries gathered at...
Awareness Campaign at Bureau Veritas, Beirut
World Environment Day is observed every year on the 5th of June to raise global awareness and to partake in positive environmental actions to...
Homat Al Hima training on Water and Sustainable Agriculture
As part of the series of trainings that SPNL is conducting under Homat Al Hima, the 7th training on Water and Sustainable Agriculture took...
UN adopts resolution promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands
A new resolution on Combating desertification, land degradation and drought and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands was presented and adopted at the second session of...
Lebanon declares protected area in the World Heritage Site of Byblos
By Majd Abu Zaghlan,
The World Heritage Site of Byblos is now officially the 17th Hima in Lebanon. The announcement took place in the municipality...
It’s World Migratory Bird Day: Protect Our Feathered Friends
By: Diane MacEachern, care2.com
Migratory birds are so threatened they now get their own global holiday.
Every year, on or around May 10, scientific organizations, biologists and...
