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...
Good news for lynx, wolf, bear (& citizen science) from Slovakia
Drawing on a dataset of four years of annual survey effort, the latest Slovakia expedition report now posits that there are stable populations of...
Snow program hosts the Third Voice for Lebanon ...
On Saturday January 16, 2016 the Third voice for Lebanon remitted the prize for the winners in the frame of the inter school competition...
Ghana’s Grey Parrot population may soon cease to exist
In the last two decades Ghana has lost 90-99% of its Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)population. This is according to a recently published study by a...
The Eyes of the Cormorant
The first time I encountered the cormorant was in England, when I was about 14 years old. When I heard that the origin of...
News in Photos: Farmer stops traffic taking his 5,000 ducks for...
A Chinese farmer caused chaos on the roads when he ducked out to feed his flock of 5,000. Hong brought streets in the eastern city...
Season’s Greetings
Dear colleagues and friends
Blame it on the Christmas spirit, or simply on the fatigue of a frantic season of work, but for once, we...
