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...
Wings and Waves January 2017
Himas Ain Zebdeh Kherbet Anafar the Eastern slopes of Shouf Cedars Biosphere Reserve
In this film directed by Adonis Khatib Himas Ain Zebdeh Kherbet Anafar...
World Wetlands Day: Bolstering resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates it's wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature....
How Homat Al Hima is protecting Anjar’s Riparian forest
By Berj Tumberian
Back in 2013 16th of August, when this small, two hectare Riparian forest in Hima Anjar, the home for the threatened river otter...
Tropical forests need birds in order to recover from deforestation
by Bruno Martin
Research in the Amazon suggests that loss of birds through deforestation prevents the recovery of rainforests, due to birds' roles in the...
Homat Al Hima Finds Den of Red Fox Pups in Anjar
By Bassam Alkantar
SPNL’s Homat Al Hima of Anjar camera trap watches a den of red foxes in the wild forest of Hima Anjar, Bekaa...
Stop illegal seagulls killing in Lebanon
Lebanese environmental groups condemned the hunting of seagull off Beirut's southern shores, near the Rafik Hariri International Airport.
Our birds deserve safer flyways. To tackle these...
