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...
SPNL Publishes New Guide Celebrating Hima Niha and Hima Hardine: Two Sister Villages, One Living Heritage
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has released a new bilingual publication presenting Hima Niha and Hima Hardine as two...
WWF Mediterranean Marine Initiative bulletin
Mediterranean MPA Forum 2016
The Mediterranean MPA Forum, organised by MedPAN and RAC/SPA, together with many international and regional partners was held in Tangiers, Morocco,...
Clean Up the Med 2017 campaign to protect the Mediterranean environment
As you know participation in environmental activities is extremely influential to change the world. We are all significant and valuable.
We would like to draw...
From Hima to Hima – covering the Bekaa Area
“From Hima to Hima - covering the Bekaa Area” is an ecotouristic model, initiated by SPNL, aiming to link the different Hima sites in...
Lebanon’s Struggling Electricity Sector
BY ADEL SERHAL
Energy security is often brought up in news, reports and studies as one of, if flot the most important risks that most...
This is where the seeds of the world are kept in...
Deep in the Arctic mountainside on the remote island of Spitsbergen, Norway, lies a huge vault which could be crucial to the survival of...
Himas Ain Zebdeh Kherbet Anafar the Eastern slopes of Shouf Cedars...
In this film directed by Adonis Khatib Himas Ain Zebdeh Kherbet Anafar highlighted as the eastern slopes of Shouf Cedars Biosphere Reserve.
This series of...
