SPNL Organizes “School with No Walls” Learning Day at Hima Bayssour and Hima Ras El Matn
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with Terre des hommes (Tdh), organized an environmental education and training day...
The “Trail of Roses” at Hima Diman Gardens: Where Nature Meets Spirituality—and Rain Blesses the Opening
Under the patronage and in the presence of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, with Dr. Antoine Sfeir representing President of the Republic...
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...
Hima Kfar Zabad
Hima Kfar Zabad was announced on 26 October 2004 to protect the site from all kinds of abuses, especially continuous hunting. The Hima area...
Promoting Hima Women Empowerment for Conservation and Livelihood
SPNL initiated in the beginning of 2013 a project for empowering women funded by the UN WomenFund for Gender Equality– “Promoting Hima Women Empowerment...
SPNL Embarks to Promote Sustainable Grazing in Lebanon
SPNL will soon initiate a new project with MAVA Foundation under the title of “Assessing and Supporting Cultural Conservation Practices in the Mediterranean Basin”....
Al Hima System Seen as One of Birdlife’s Major Achievements in...
As part of Birdlife’s International 90th anniversary celebrations that will be held this June in Canada, Birdlife chose 20 of their most successful stories...
Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Upper Mountains of Akkar-Donnieh
Location: Located at the northern end of Mount Lebanon. This IBA stretches from Wadi Jouhannam to Qammouaa including the villages of Mechmech and Fnaideq....
Important Bird Areas-IBAs: Tannourine Cedars Nature Reserve
Location: In the north of the Mount Lebanon range, between the villages of Tannourine et-Tahta and Hadath ej-Joubbe.
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4iv
Explanation: A1...
