From HMY to Smart Hima: Reviving a 4,000-Year-Old Tradition of Environmental Governance
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Environmental conservation is often perceived as a modern response to contemporary crises. Yet, in this region, the idea of protecting nature through collective responsibility...
From Rivers to Resilience: How SPNL Advanced Nature Conservation Across Lebanon in Late 2025
Between November and December 2025, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) intensified its work across Lebanon’s most sensitive ecosystems, rivers,...
At Dawn in the Beqaa: How SPNL s Tracking Lebanon’s Birds, One Checklist at a Time
In the early hours of the morning, when mist still lingers above wetlands and fields, Chadi Saad is already in the field. Notebook in...
SPNL and the Art of Conservation: Documenting Life, One Species at a Time in Lebanon
In a modest field cabin overlooking the hills of Mount Lebanon, surrounded by sketchbooks, cameras, plant presses, and reference volumes, the work of documenting...
Hima Qoleileh Atelier officially opens its doors
Souk Al Hima Atelier was established in the village of Qoleileh through the support of SPNL and its partners, including the municipality of Qoleileh,...
International Conference on Landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean
International Conference on Landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges, Opportunities, Prospects and Accomplishments
Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Ali, the German...
Wings & Waves Newsletter November 2015
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As a national environmental NGO in Lebanon, SPNL contributes to both raising awareness on environmental issues and concretely protecting natural areas...
Time does not go to waste: Hima Anjar understands the value...
The following is a short film highlighting the artistic Armenian needlework present in the village of Anjar. These cultural and traditional skills are linked...
When the Hima is within your hands, you can stretch more...
The following is a short film highlighting the art of carpet weaving in Fekha. This skill was slowly being lost until SPNL decided to...
When you achieve results, working hard becomes a joy in Qoleileh
The following is a short film highlighting hand-made accessories and art work of Hima women in Qoleileh using material linked to nature. These skills...
