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...
States must fulfil human rights obligations in protecting biodiversity, UN expert...
Governments around the world are being urged by a United Nations expert to fulfil their human rights obligations to protect the world’s irreplaceable plants...
“Lebanon Climate Act” Encourage NGOs and Municipalities to design innovative climate...
Lebanon Climate Act initiative organized on the 10th of February 2017, a training session for private companies, NGOs and Municipalities, at the headquarters of...
News in Photos: The common myna is a threat to native...
By Fouad Itani
The common myna (Acridotheres tristis) is a large stocky starling from the Sturnidae family. It measures 23 cm in length, with a wingspan of 40...
A young bear cub suffers the accidental death of his mother...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayzkiNGntd0
The Bear (known as L'Ours in its original release) is a 1988 French film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Adapted from the novel The Grizzly...
Digging For Mudfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuEs5zYNHec
Mudfish is the most popular fish in places like Nigeria, Benin and Togo and Ghana.
Mudfish are freshwater fish that love to live in wetlands...
Pastoralism and Land Tenure Study Tour to Peru
Why talk about pastoralist societies? What can we learn from comparing pastoralist experiences in Africa and Latin America? Do we share similar problems?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQNNOm32Zo
In November...
