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...
Taking of Animals for Domestic Wild Meat Consumption a Major Threat...
The taking of animals for wild meat consumption within national borders is having significant impacts on most terrestrial species protected under the Convention on the...
BirdLife at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
By Melanie Heath, Director of Science, Policy & Information
Despite the ongoing COVID pandemic, amid the escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies, BirdLife CEO Patricia Zurita led...
Assad Serhal Awarded Honorary Membership of IUCN
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Assad Serhal, the Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL),and BirdLife Partner Lebanon, was awarded the IUCN Honorary...
Conservation needs more women, says Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak the newly...
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak became today the first woman from the Arab world to head IUCN. She has served as the managing director of...
IUCN Members elect new leadership
Today, 8 September 2021, Members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) elected Razan Al Mubarak as the new IUCN President at...
Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) visits Denniye
لإhe Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), which is part of the Middle East Sustainable Hunting Center (MESHC) and the Society for the Protection of Nature in...
