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...
Responsible Hunting practice in Lebanon is to be put to the...
Words: Assad Serhal
Photo credits: Afonso Rocha
"From Portugal , the nesting white storks .You can see them everywhere on the Portugal Landscape , nesting...
SPNL position statement about illegal killing of birds
Arabic
http://www.spnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Position-Statement-IKB-Ar.pdf
English
http://www.spnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Position-Statement-IKB.pdf
Who were the Canaanites? Ancient human DNA evidence yields answers
Thousands of years ago, the Canaanite people lived in a part of the world we now recognize as Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, establishing...
