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...
Wings & Waves – SPNL’s Newsletter March 2014
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Wings & Waves - SPNL's Newsletter
Issue March 2014
CEPF grant to bring hunting in Lebanon under control
The Lebanese Environment Forum has...
HIMAs and PHAs: The Balance between the needs of wildlife and...
By Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, PhD
For the first time in Lebanon, a project combines two main actions: Community based Conservation (CBC) & Scientific based Management (SBM)...
Vulture killing drug now available on EU market
By Rebecca Langer,
Diclofenac is a powerful anti-inflammatory drug that has wiped out vulture populations in India, Pakistan and Nepal. Now, a repeat of this...
BirdLife International announces Dr Hazell Shokellu Thompson as Acting CEO
By Adrian Long,
Dr Hazell Shokellu Thompson is Acting CEO of BirdLife International after the recent resignation of Dr Marco Lambertini, who is joining WWF...
The science of saving nature
By Martin Fowlie
BirdLife’s UK Partner, the RSPB, is launching a new initiative, the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science – which includes an online science...
The absence of rainfall in Lebanon: upcoming water crisis?
By Giulia Del Sarto
Lebanon will face a water crisis this spring and summer due to unprecedented scarcity in rainfall. January 2014 - usually...
