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...
Why we ruffle feathers
Mike Clarke explains why campaigning to protect the common good has always been at the heart of the RSPB’s activities.
WHAT WOULD YOU think about...
SPNL Participates at IUCN Regional Forum of Conservation
Under the title ; "Innovative natural solutions: Motivating change" The 8th Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) was be held in Amman, Jordan from the 10th – 12th...
A Hima Young Leader Recognized Globally
Sbidag Demirigian a young leader from Hima Anjar, who had the chance to represent her country in the Design for Change Celebration that took...
Rehabilitation of the ecotourism trail in Hima Anjar and Kfarzabad Himas
As a part of the MAVA project restoring hima functions through promoting sustainable community-based management systems, SPNL is finalizing the rehabilitation of the ecotourism...
World Toilet Day: A Global ‘Urgent Run’ to Raise a Stink...
19 November is World Toilet Day, a day to take action and raise awareness about people who do not have access to basic sanitation –...
Khajag strawberries in Anjar
For the first time in long years, Anjar and the whole Lebanese lands faced a suffocating sandy storm weather, lasting for a full week...
