IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi: One Nature, One Humanity, One Shared Future
A Roadmap for Transformative Conservation
Natural resources and the Earth's life-support systems are facing unprecedented rates of degradation. Pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change have...
UNESCO and SPNL Bring Regional Leaders Together to Advance the Hima Approach for Protected Areas and Geoparks
UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut, in partnership with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), convened a high-level regional meeting to...
Martin Harper: “In Praise of Hima” — BirdLife International CEO Highlights Lebanon’s Community Conservation Model
Following his participation in the UNESCO and Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) webinar on the Hima approach, Martin Harper, Chief...
Nature-based Solutions: Investing in Nature to Address Tomorrow’s Challenges
As the impacts of climate change intensify, ecosystems continue to degrade, and the risks of natural disasters grow, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly being...
Hima Qoleileh
This coastal area is known for its marine biodiversity, leading SPNL and the municipality to announce it as a Hima in 2006. This 0.01...
Al Hima : a way of life
This book is the fruit of a wide collaboration. It is an expression of rich ideas. But most of all it’s an articulation
of passion....
Conservation of the Marine Hima of Qoleileh Village, South Lebanon
Background
Qoleileh, a coastal village in South Lebanon, is home to one of the country's few remaining healthy marine ecosystems. It has rocky shores, seagrass...
Birds of the Middle East
A translated version into Arabic of the field guide “Birds of the Middle East” that identifies all the birds, local or migratory, through the...
Hima Ebel El-Saqi
On top of a hill, 760m above sea level, this 0.01 km2 area was declared as a Hima in 2004. Its faunal and floral...
MedWet guidelines manual
An Arabic translated book that discusses the measures for the conservation of wetlands around the Mediterranean basin. It is a translated version of the...
