In Conversation with Assad Serhal: Reviving the Hima for People and Nature
Today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Manoswini Sarkar sat down with Assad Serhal, Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature...
SPNL Organizes a Hiking Activity for AUB Graduate Students in Baysour Hima
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with the Municipality of Baysour and Baysour Hiking Group, organized a hiking...
Hima Shines at IUCN World Conservation Congress
Abu Dhabi, October 14, 2025 — The traditional Hima approach took center stage at the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), held in Abu Dhabi,...
Razan Al Mubarak to Al-Hima Magazine: The Desert and Nature’s Resilience Inspire Me
My Priority Is to Turn IUCN’s Vision into Action
(Al Hima Magazine 6th Edition)
Interviewed by Raghida
Haddad, Editor-in-Chief of Al Hima Magazine.
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak is...
Hima Qoleileh
This coastal area is known for its marine biodiversity, leading SPNL and the municipality to announce it as a Hima in 2006. This 0.01...
Al Hima : a way of life
This book is the fruit of a wide collaboration. It is an expression of rich ideas. But most of all it’s an articulation
of passion....
Conservation of the Marine Hima of Qoleileh Village, South Lebanon
Background
Qoleileh, a coastal village in South Lebanon, is home to one of the country's few remaining healthy marine ecosystems. It has rocky shores, seagrass...
Birds of the Middle East
A translated version into Arabic of the field guide “Birds of the Middle East” that identifies all the birds, local or migratory, through the...
Hima Ebel El-Saqi
On top of a hill, 760m above sea level, this 0.01 km2 area was declared as a Hima in 2004. Its faunal and floral...
MedWet guidelines manual
An Arabic translated book that discusses the measures for the conservation of wetlands around the Mediterranean basin. It is a translated version of the...
