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...
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...
My experience with a very generous man, Luc Hofmann
* Ghassan Ramadan Jaradi
In September 1973, I was registered to prepare a PhD of ornithology in Saint Jerome University (Aix-Marseille III University) at the...
Nature Alert: Letter to an Enemy
In the summer of 2015, the EU Commission began considering whether to rewrite the vital laws that protect Europe’s wildlife and nature. They...
Jordanian authorities seize 7,000 dead birds in largest recorded hunting violation
Hunter, a gov’t employee, to be fined JD20-25 for every bird killed
By Hana Namrouqa – Oct 05,2016
AMMAN — Authorities on Wednesday announced the seizure...
Buy a stamp, save a migratory bird
This time of the year in many parts of North America, it’s easy to find geese flying south in V-shaped flocks from their summer...
Roman Sidonian Glass Flask with Birds and Butterflies
"From this point we must go back to the coast and to Phoenicia. There was formerly a town called Crocodilon, and there is still...
CEPF updating of the Ecosystem Profile for the Mediterranean Basin
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund-CEPF is currently undergoing an update of the “Ecosystem Profile” for the Mediterranean Basin that would be the basis for...
