SPNL is glad to share with you the record of reported visits to Hima Anjar site during 2016.The record shows more than 2000 visitors coming to try the Hima activities in one year !
Hima Sustainability could be assured through the capacity building of Hima Youth, and the empowerment of motivated young from the local communities.
Homat Al Hima (HH) are intrinsic to the Hima communities, the same villages and towns are inbred and inborn. The experiences Nature and Biodiversity bring to people are mainly local.
Hima Anjar Homat Elhima are the role model for other Himas , where hima various activities from research, monitoring, site action to visitor management is being lead and organized by the Local Conservation Group & Homat El-hima leaders.
Their salaries are being raised by receiving schools and groups to the hima various nature based activities, much thanks to funding and support provided by the Local Municipality, Women Group, Ater Use Association, European Union & MAVA, where their granted support and cooperation is crucial for the success of Homat Hima programme within the Hima approach.
This edition of Al Hima magazine weaves together inspiring stories of nature conservation and community resilience, highlighting how Lebanon is being stitched back to life—one Hima at a time. The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) continues its mission to preserve the country’s natural heritage by empowering local communities. A cornerstone of this effort is the BioConnect project, funded by the European Union, which has achieved three national firsts: Lebanon’s first natural park (Upper Matn), first geological park (Shouf-Jezzine), and first endowment Hima (Btekhnay).