Hima
SPNL Commends National Geographic Arabia’s May 2025 Issue for Highlighting the Hima System as a Unique Model of Environmental Sustainability
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) applauds National Geographic Arabia for its continued leadership in promoting environmental awareness and celebrating...
Nature Is Calling, and Hima Is Answering: Lebanon’s Community-Led Path to Protecting Biodiversity and Pollinators
On the occasion of World Bee Day and the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL)...
SPNL and MUBS Collaborate to Launch Environmental Innovation at “Nature in Focus” Event
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with the Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS), proudly unveiled groundbreaking...
Lebanese University Science Students Explore Ras El Metn Hima to Study Wildlife Tracks and Natural Heritage
As part of efforts to bridge academic learning with field-based environmental education, second-year students from the Faculty of Science at the Lebanese University, accompanied...
Hima el-Fekha Environmental Festival Helps Women Empowerment
El-Fekha village has witnessed an intense activity related to the Hima protected area and promoting women empowerment for conservation and livelihood.
More than 150...
SPNL and TyN Bringing Back Transhumanze to Save Biodiversity
The Society for the protection of nature in Lebanon (SPNL) signed a partnership agreement with Transhumancia y Naturaleza – Spain (TyN).
Both parties agreed...
Women Develop a Local Action Plan for Hima Anjar KfarZabad
Under the UN Women Fund for Gender Equality Project “Promoting Hima Women Empowerment for Conservation and Livelihood”, SPNL organized on September 10, 2013 the...
Improving the Water Availability at Hima Upper Akkar
The Social, Ecological and Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Climate Change (SEARCH) project aims at developing and piloting a resilience framework for local...
MAVA Project Intervention in Anjar Contributes to Water Management
As a part of the project titled “Restoring Hima Ecosystem functions through promoting sustainable community -based water management systems which is implemented by SPNL...
SPNL uses a traditional Hima approach in IBA conservation
The revival of the hima system at the Kfar Zabad marshlands in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, is empowering communities to take responsibility for managing...
