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From Lebanon’s Himas to the World: SPNL Brings Community Conservation and Peacebuilding to Nairobi

SPNL participates in BirdLife International’s Global Partnership Meeting and Global Flyways Summit, promoting the “Hima for Peace” Memorandum of Understanding as a model for...

SPNL Organizes “School with No Walls” Learning Day at Hima Bayssour and Hima Ras El Matn

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with Terre des hommes (Tdh), organized an environmental education and training day...
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The “Trail of Roses” at Hima Diman Gardens: Where Nature Meets Spirituality—and Rain Blesses the Opening

Under the patronage and in the presence of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, with Dr. Antoine Sfeir...

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...

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...

Women and the Hima: Empowering Communities, Protecting Nature and Sustaining Livelihoods

By Eng.Marie Therese Merhej Seif (UNEP Regional Co-Facilitators in West Asia for MGS) Chairman & Executive Director, Human Environmental Association...

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...

SPNL Publishes New Guide Celebrating Hima Niha and Hima Hardine: Two Sister Villages, One Living Heritage

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has released a new bilingual publication presenting Hima Niha...