Hima for Peace Takes Centre Stage at BirdLife Summit in Nairobi
From protecting birds and habitats to building bridges between communities, Lebanon’s Hima revival offers a community-led pathway to conservation, resilience and peace
Nairobi, Kenya —...
Birds are running out of places to land: 45% of migratory bird species now in decline
BirdLife International today publishes State of the World's Birds at the Global Flyways Summit in Nairobi. BirdLife Partners, NGOs, governments and financial institutions sign the Nairobi Flyways Declaration, as...
Andre Bechara Highlights SPNL’s Hima Model for Community-Led Conservation at BirdLife Summit
Andre Bechara, Head of the Homat Al Hima Programme at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), brought Lebanon’s Hima experience...
Remember this word: HIMA.
In a powerful 60-second pitch, Raghida Haddad, Editor in Chief of Al Hima environmental magazine, addressed nearly 500 delegates from 124 countries gathered at...
Hiking in Hima Anjar
The Homenetmen junior football team came for a hike in Hima Anjar mountains, invited by Hrair Kurdian. The group did a three hours hike (long trail) with...
Eight million birds killed illegally at 20 Mediterranean locations each year
By Stuart Butchart, Birdlife.org
Scientists from BirdLife International estimate that 20 locations in the Mediterranean may be responsible for eight million individual birds being illegally...
Emergency conservation for Mediterranean Monk Seal in Lebanon
By Shaun Hurrell,
Once thought locally extinct in Lebanon, immediate action was taken by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon for the...
Darwin project puts Iraq’s wildlife on the map
By Ed Parnell,
A three-year project in Iraq has significantly contributed to knowledge of the country's flora and fauna – including five previously unknown plant...
February 2nd – World Wetlands Day 2016 “Wetlands for our future...
The theme for World Wetlands Day 2016, which is celebrated every year on the 2nd February, is "Wetlands for our future – sustainable livelihoods"....
Hima Women Empowerment workshop in Qolaileh
As a wrap up for a successful three years project entitled “Promoting Hima Women Empowerment for Conservation and Livelihood” and funded by the “UN...
