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...
Consuming With Care: World Environment Day 2015
"Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care": The United Nation's theme for World Environment Day this year. Which is fitting, in a world...
Farmer in Harmony with the White Stork in West Bekaa, Lebanon
A good sign that Lebanese farmers are becoming more friendly with White Stork, these pictures in West Bekaa shows farmer working in his land...
Responsible hunters clean-up Aammiq Wetland
As part of the Responsible Hunting activities, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon participated in the clean-up of countless cartridge and...
BirdLife World Congress to be held in Singapore in 2017
Birdlife 52nd Global Council meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium, from 1st – 4th June 2015. In addition to the formal Council Business; Birdlife...
The Mediterranean Consortium congratulated by the MAVA Foundation
Our 'Supporting Cultural Practices in the Mediterranean Basin' project has been highlighted in the MAVA Foundations 2014 annual report.
Nature and culture are inextricably linked...
On the Move Keeps Moving
On The Move in Asturias
After a successful stay at the Botanical Gardens in Madrid, On the Move made two stops in Asturias, Spain. The...
