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...
We Are What We Eat: Darfiyeh #MedFoodHeroes
A big part of the Rooted Everyday campaign for 2020 will be focused on Mediterranean Food Heroes from our ecosites. They’re people who produce,...
Homat al Hima International Centre: A Story of Success at Crisis...
While moving strategically to decentralize its operation to remote areas, the Society for the protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) established Homat al Hima...
A conversation with André Hoffmann
In this 60-minute conversation with MAVA's President, André Hoffmann, we learn more about what drives his commitment to protecting our natural world and how...
One Planet One Right: SIGN THE PETITION Let’s make it a...
For nature. For people. Let’s demand that the UN make it a universal human right to live on a healthy planet.
It’s no secret: our...
Why we desperately need space for nature on farms
By Jeremy Herry
The single, most dramatic cause for the loss of biodiversity, species and natural habitats in Europe is intensive agriculture.
To save wildlife, we...
Butterflies, Bees, Social Distancing, and the Wildflower Seed Harvest
By Husein Ali Zorkot
A large part of this year was spent not only wildlife gardening and green landscaping, but also taking precautions. Forest fires,...
