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...
Nature bathing session in Hima Kayfoun
Based on the partnership between Beit Insan and SPNL, on the 4th of February 2020, SPNL team participated in a nature bathing session in...
The avid hunter turned pioneering conservationist
As a young man in Lebanon, Assad Serhal was a keen hunter. But after an encounter with a Bobwhite Quail and its chicks, Assad...
SPNL and Air France signed a partnership agreement
SPNL Director General Mr. Assad Serhal and General Manager Air France KLM group for the Near East Mr. Matthieu Tetaud signed today a partnership...
Where Eagle Feathers Fall Like Snow
By Helen Sullivan
Photographs by Diego Ibarra Sanchez Published Jan. 6, 2020 - Updated Jan. 12, 2020
HAMMANA, Lebanon — On a Saturday in November, a small group of...
SPNL ANNUAL REPORT 2019
STOP NATURE BANKRUPTCY
SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE IN LEBANON - SPNL
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 HIMA FOR PEACE
https://issuu.com/spnl/docs/spnl_annual_report_2019
Homat Al Hima Training: A chain of peace
Over five days, Homat Al Hima Kayfoun- Shimlan- Souk El Ghareb- Bayssour were trained from SPNL within the project “Trail of Peace” with UNDP.
This...
