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...
News in Photos: Birdlife Global Councillors November, 2017
Birdlife Global Councillors, November 2017 at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Book Review: A Guide to 200 Common Birds of Lebanon, by...
By Mike Blair, Ornithological Society of the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia
This is a splendid starter book for anyone in Lebanon, young or...
Building the ecologic and socio-economic resilience of the Shouf Mountain and...
Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and Al Shouf Cedar Society (ACS) will be working together on a symbolic and pilot...
CEPF launches new 5-year investment to protect Mediterranean nature
From the huge Dalmatian Pelican in the Balkans, to vulnerable trees in the Middle East and nesting turtles in North Africa, the wildlife in...
Bird Conservation International (BCI) publishes paper on illegal killing & taking...
Today the peer-reviewed quarterly journal Bird Conservation International publishes a paper entitled "Illegal killing and taking of birds in Europe outside the Mediterranean:...
The Northern Bald Ibis: recent sightings have confirmed that a few...
The Northern Bald Ibis is a critically endangered species that is highly social and congregates in large flocks. At one time two separate populations...
