SPNL Organizes “School with No Walls” Learning Day at Hima Bayssour
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) organized a learning day at Hima Bayssour under its School with No Walls (SNOW)...
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...
Web of Life The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity
Overcoming a prolonged state of conflict, Mr. Assad Serhal of Lebanon restored the ways of the indigenous people of coexisting with nature to achieve...
Middle East nature fans welcome world’s first Arabic language birding app
By Dima Obeidat
The world’s first Arabic birding app, launched by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME), has been met with widespread excitement...
SPNL team field visit with Litani River Authority
As a follow up to the agreement signed between SPNL and Litani River Authority on 31 December 2018, a field visit was organized today...
Partnership agreement between SPNL and LRA
A partnership agreement between the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon - SPNL and the Litani River Authority – LRA was established...
Why we need birds (far more than they need us)
Can you imagine a world without birds? The benefits birds bring us aren't just cultural. Birds play an essential role in the functioning of...
