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...
Storks fly over Lebanon
Storks fly over the town of Faitroun, North East of the capital Beirut, on April 3, 2016.
Patrick BAZ / AFP
MAVA celebrate conservation hero Dalia Al Jawhary
Mava Foundation Annual Report filled with more conservation success stories from partners. As well as offering a review of some of 2015’s highlights. The report...
Hima Byblos
Hima Byblos is a World Heritage Site due to its historical past. It is visited by millions every year which creates a major threat...
Medscape Project : Hima and Landscape Management
SPNL produced a video for the Medscapes project. the video focuses on several activities implemented during the project term on implementing and adapting the...
World Migratory Bird Day 2016: “ILLEGAL KILLING, TAKING AND TRADE OF...
The Secretariats of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) are pleased to announce that the designated date...
Live and let fly … the happy end of the Golan’s...
Bassam Alkantar - * SPNL media campaigner
Intensive unsustainable hunting and illegal killing of migratory birds are taking place in many parts of the world...
