A Future Rooted in the Land: SPNL’s New Playbook Opens the Door to Community Conservation
Combining an ancient tradition with practical steps for local action, the Hima Playbook shows how communities can protect nature while sustaining the livelihoods, knowledge...
From “What Is a Hima?” to “How Do We Begin?”: A Playbook for Community Conservation
By Assad Serhal
Director General, Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL)
Whenever we speak about the revival of the Hima, two questions almost...
Women and the Hima: Empowering Communities, Protecting Nature and Sustaining Livelihoods
The Hima: A relationship between people and nature
The Hima is more than a protected geographical area. It represents a relationship between people, nature, culture...
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...
HHIC Organizes an Educational Awareness Day Across Three Hima Villages in...
The Homat Al Hima International Center (HHIC) organized a full educational awareness day across the West Bekaa zone, engaging students from three Hima-designated schools...
Strengthening International Cooperation and Knowledge Exchange How Lebanon Is Deepening Its...
In an era of accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss, and mounting pressure on natural resources, the need for cross-border cooperation and shared environmental learning...
SPNL Hosts UNESCO Delegation to Review Beirut River Valley Biosphere Reserve...
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) welcomed a senior delegation from UNESCO at the Luc Hoffmann Center in Kayfoun.
The visiting...
SPNL and Litani River Authority Deepen Cooperation to Restore Biodiversity Corridors...
Dr. Sami Alawieh Receives the “Homat Al Hima Environment Hero Award – 2025” 🥇
As part of the strategic agreement signed between the Society for...
SPNL Advances Sustainable Waste Management in the West Bekaa through the...
As part of the “Reviving the Upper Litani River and Qaraoun Lake” project funded by DIMFE, the Society for the Protection of Nature in...
A united effort to restore the Litani River to its golden...
HHIC Leads Major Planting Event on the Litani River Basin Under the DIMFE Project
As part of the “Reviving the Upper Litani River and Qaraoun...
