Hima
A Rare Visitor in the Reeds: Glossy Ibis Spotted Feeding in Lebanon’s Ammiq Wetland
In the early glow of a summer morning, amidst the shimmering wetlands of East Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, a rare and mesmerizing scene unfolded. A...
Lebanon’s Hima Sites Officially Recognized in World Database on Protected Areas
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) is proud to announce that 27 Hima sites across Lebanon have been officially approved...
Hammana Hosts SPNL’s Traveling Exhibition “Stitching One Hima At A Time” in Celebration of Nature, Art, and Community
Under the esteemed patronage of the Mayor of Hammana, Dr. Amine Lebbos, and in close cooperation with Hammana Municipality, the Society for the Protection...
Study Exposes Disconnect Between Conservation Policies and Local Realities in Lebanon’s Biosphere Reserves
A groundbreaking study has revealed critical gaps between conservation theory and practice in Lebanon’s biosphere reserves, calling for urgent reforms to make environmental protection...
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...
Syrian Serin Birds Spotted at Hima Anjar/ Kfar Zabad by Dr....
The Hima approach that SPNL is reviving for natural resources sustainable use, reforestation and habitat restoration, water & chemicals management with the farmers, controlled...
A Planning Meeting for Hima El-Fakiha (Anti-Lebanon Range)
SPNL organized a planning meeting for Hima El-Fakiha on Thursday July 18 2013, ensuring the participation of the main stakeholders mainly municipality, CREADEL NGO,...
MAVA project accomplishments start to show up in Hima Anjar- Kfar...
The project titled “Restoring Hima Ecosystem functions though promoting sustainable community -based water management systems” in the Anjar and Kfar Zabad IBA, supported by...
Local Perspectives: action for nature and people
Local conservationists from all around the world, working within the BirdLife International Partnership, sent in video messages that show their work and their values.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoS9zXaCVoY
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Sharing or sparing land for nature?
A new ecological study of novel human-influenced ecosystems should change the debate about whether farmers should be sharing land with nature or sparing land for nature.
Sparing land for...
