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...
Identification and Conservation of New Important Bird Areas in Lebanon
This pamphlet focuses on birds in general, the definition and description of the IBA programme, benefits of IBA inventories, Hima approach, and the list...
Game birds – Building Capacity for Sustainable Hunting of Migratory Birds...
The pamphlet includes a study done all over Lebanon from 2005 to 2006 which focuses on the situation of hunting, in addition to data...
SUSTAINABLE HUNTING – Building Capacity for Sustainable Hunting of Migratory Birds...
This pamphlet includes the results of a study done from June 2005 to February 2006 in Lebanon, tackling the topic of hunting in Lebanon....
Common Birds of Lebanon
This CD provides a list of the common birds of Lebanon with interesting information about their common names in English and Arabic, habitats, food,...
