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...
Reviving Tradition: How Hima Farms Are Bringing Sustainability to Lebanon’s Upper...
Reviving Tradition: How Hima Farms Are Bringing Sustainability to Lebanon’s Upper Beirut River Valley
In the rolling hills of the Upper Beirut River Valley, a...
Assad Serhal is to be awarded an Honorary Membership by BirdLife...
From cofounding The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL ) in 1983 to establishing 28 Hima Protected areas and serving three...
Mainstreaming MSB concerns within Energy Sector
The Migratory Soaring Birds project have an innovative approach aiming to mainstream MSB concerns within economic sectors including hunting, tourism, waste management, agriculture, and...
5th Newsletter of of the TUNE UP interreg Med project
The 5th project semester(January-June2022)was marked by the completion of the activities in the context of TUNE UP since it is the last semester of...
SNOW program hosts 60 Children from Lycée Montaigne Beit Chebab
SPNL SNOW program has been a major attraction for schools due to the added value tailored made curriculums are providing to students to better...
Egyptian Vultures… International Travels with a twist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNNwKB8UNiQ
Back on September 27, 2021 the APU were able to rescue 3 Egyptian Vultures held in an illegal farm. The story of these 3...
