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...
MED-PHARES project gathers five organizations to restore Mediterranean maritime areas
“Integrated Management Strategies for the development of the lighthouses and semaphores in the Mediterranean” is the title of the new project involving four Mediterranean...
SEARCH Educational Workshop: Providing knowledge today to achieve future sustainability
As part of the SEARCH project, an educational workshop was held in Andeket, Upper Akkar.
The project which is funded by the European Union, and...
SPNL Show Best Practices at South-South Development Expo
Director of SPNL Assad Serhal has stressed the importance of Lebanon participation in the First Arab States Regional South-South Development EXPO which aims to...
CEPF Photo Contest Finalist – Which is Your Favorite?
SPNL participated in the CEPF (Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund) photo contest and three SPNL pictures have been chosen as finalists among others.
The Critical Ecosystem...
Lebanon a land of many contrasts – Air France Magazine
At first glance, Lebanon seems entirely turned toward the sea; but its multifaceted nature—lush yet arid, skyward-reaching and subterranean—is a powerful aspect of its...
Wings & Waves – SPNL’s Newsletter February 2014
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Wings & Waves - SPNL's Newsletter
Issue February 2014
New Hima in Ain Zebdeh-Kherbet Anafar in Bekaa Valley
SPNL has started collaborating with the private sector in...
