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...
Raptor Count Lebanon 2019 – Valentin Moser | BirdLife Switzerland
Valentin Moser
This autumn I spent two weeks (09.09. – 22.09.2019) volunteering in Lebanon in support of the project RaptorCountLebanon2019. Watching from our viewing platform overlooking...
SPNL mourns the loss of A Rocha Co-Founder Miranda Harris and...
The Society for protection of Nature in Lebanon is grieving the loss of some of its most prominent partners after the top leaders of...
The migration of Lesser and Greater Spotted Eagles in Lebanon
By Bernd Meyburg, Ivaylo D. Angelov , Christiane Meyburg
The Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) is a long-distance migrant who migrates twice a year at...
The story of the National Coordinating Group for Key Biodiversity Areas
By Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, PhD
Just one year ago, the National Coordinating Group for Key Biodiversity Areas was formed and convened its first meeting to present...
Yancheng meeting focuses on Yellow and Bohai Sea wetland protection
More than 200 experts and scholars at home and abroad attended the 2019 Yellow and Bohai Sea Wetland International Conference in Yancheng City, Jiangsu...
Biggest sting against illegal bird trapping in Lebanon to date
The teams of our current bird protection camp conducted intelligence-led field investigations against illegal mist nets in the towns of Saida and Barja, south...
