Major Operation Leads to the Removal of Nearly 8 Kilometers of Illegal Bird-Hunting Nets in Northern Bekaa
In a major coordinated effort, the joint operations team of the Anti-Poaching Unit , in close cooperation and coordination with the Bekaa Intelligence Division...
“Let’s Protect Nature by Combating Illegal Hunting” in Aley
Under the patronage of Mr. Wagdi Mourad, Mayor of Aley, and upon the invitation of Mr. Bassam Zain Al-Din, President of Walk and Discover...
“The Ancient Cedar and Our Common Food” — A Journey Across the Mediterranean’s Shared Heritage
From the snow-capped peaks of Lebanon’s Shouf Biosphere Reserve to Morocco’s High Atlas valleys and Greece’s Lemnos Island, a new story titled “The Ancient...
Mapping Hima Anjar: A Living Landscape of Springs, Wetlands, and Biodiversity
he Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has officially launched the geospatial map of Hima Anjar, marking a new milestone in its efforts to...
World Migratory Bird Day 2020 Birds Connect Our World
World Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated by people across the world on Saturday, 9 May with the theme “Birds Connect Our World”.
The UN-led...
On the event of World Migratory Bird Day, SPNL would like...
To save an endangered species, the Egyptian Vulture, institutions and organisations from 14 countries spanning the Balkans, Middle East and Africa have joined forces...
Why we need space for nature on farms
In order to survive, birds and bees, fauna and flora, need space: a natural habitat, a home. This simple yet fundamental need is being...
All you need to know about the Hima system
The hima system is a traditional system of protected areas that aims to achieve the sustainable use of natural resources by the communities surrounding...
Aya Town and Hima Approaches… A lot in Common
For SPNL and our Japanese partners it is very important to learn and explore the link between Satoyama in Japan and Hima approaches in...
Coexistence between nature and human in Japanese Satoyama Life
TAKESHI HOSHIDA
Professor, YASUDA WOMEN’s University, Hiroshima, Japan
Japan is a forest nation where forests cover about 70% of the country. Japanese life has been deeply...
