SPNL Mourns the Passing of Environmental Visionary and Hima Advocate Thymio Papayannis
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) mourns with deep sorrow the passing of renowned Greek environmentalist, architect, and global advocate...
Leading IUCN with Trust, Science, and Solidarity Grethel Aguilar: “When Nature Recovers, We Thrive”
Exclusive Interview with the Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Interviewed by Raghida Haddad, Editor-in-Chief of Al Hima Magazine
Al Hima Magazine...
Egyptian Vulture New LIFE Project Strengthens International Efforts to Save Europe’s Most Endangered Migratory Vulture
The Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project has emerged as a major international conservation initiative aimed at protecting the endangered Egyptian vulture, Europe’s only long-distance...
Is “Hima” Stronger Than Protected Areas? Assad Serhal: Lebanon Has Introduced a Global Model for Nature Conservation and Community Stewardship
At a time when environmental and climate challenges are accelerating worldwide and pressure on natural resources and biodiversity continues to intensify, Lebanon’s “Hima” model...
Web of Life The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity
Overcoming a prolonged state of conflict, Mr. Assad Serhal of Lebanon restored the ways of the indigenous people of coexisting with nature to achieve...
Middle East nature fans welcome world’s first Arabic language birding app
By Dima Obeidat
The world’s first Arabic birding app, launched by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME), has been met with widespread excitement...
SPNL team field visit with Litani River Authority
As a follow up to the agreement signed between SPNL and Litani River Authority on 31 December 2018, a field visit was organized today...
Partnership agreement between SPNL and LRA
A partnership agreement between the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon - SPNL and the Litani River Authority – LRA was established...
Why we need birds (far more than they need us)
Can you imagine a world without birds? The benefits birds bring us aren't just cultural. Birds play an essential role in the functioning of...
