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...
News in Photos: Transhumance in Sghar, Batroun
Examples of fixed transhumance are found in the North Governorate of Lebanon. Some settlements, like Sghar in Batroun, are used during summer periods from...
News in Photos: A woodpecker and a whole
A woodpecker sits at an entrance to a whole on October 11, 2015 in Berlin. AFP PHOTO
News in Photos: The Cranes Journey
Cranes fly on October 11, 2015 over Linum, Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA / RALF HIRSCHBERGER.
Climate change clips wings of migratory birds in Poland
It takes the dexterity of a lacemaker to remove the tiny bird caught in nets strung between pine trees on Poland's Baltic coast, a...
Financial Markets Shifting to Address Climate Change but Acceleration Requires Greater...
Private sector investments are shifting to address the challenges posed by climate change, and this trend could accelerate if governments and policy-makers take further...
Rehabilitating disused old mines into havens of nature
It’s a question everyone involved with environmental conservation must wrestle with. How to convince the world of the benefits of a protected environment? We...
