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...
Promoting Safety and Sustainability: SPNL Organizes First Aid Training on Hima Trails
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) continues implementing its training program within the framework of the “Hima Trails” initiative, in...
Rehabilitation and Reopening of the Historic “Darb El Maydi” Hiking Trail Connecting Niha, Kfour El Arbi, and Hardine
The historic hiking trail connecting the villages of Niha, Kfour El Arbi, and Hardine, formerly known as “Darb El Maydi,” has officially been rehabilitated...
IUCN Launches the Second Edition of the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
A renewed global framework to advance high-integrity, scalable, and inclusive Nature-based Solutions worldwide
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially launched the...
Lebanon’s Soaring Birds Atlas launched
MSB Lebanon and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), BirdLife in Lebanon, has just launched a major Atlas on the...
News in Photos: Hooded Crow in Deir Koubel – Kaza Aley
SPNL media campaigner Bassam Alkantar was lucky to meet with this Hooded Crow in Deir Koubel - Kaza Aley. This birds was too Young...
Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming MSB conservation
Amman hosted a workshop to discuss and evaluate the project titled "Mainstreaming Conservation of Migratory Soaring Birds into Key Productive Sectors along the Rift...
Tackling illegal trapping in Cyprus
“I wouldn’t want to be a bird because it is so difficult”, said a young girl in a school in Cyprus.
She had just been...
Birds ‘heard tornadoes coming’ and fled one day ahead
US scientists say tracking data shows that five golden-winged warblers "evacuated" their nesting site one day before the April 2014 tornado outbreak.
Geolocators showed the...
Japanese Ambassador Otsuka visits Hima Kfar Zabad
The Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon Seiichi Otsuka visited Hima Kfar Zabad in the occasion of the completion of the project titled “Water Rehabilitation and...
