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Hima Anjar and the Umayyad ruins – Natural and Cultural values Anjar, West Beqaa, Lebanon

 Hima Anjar and the Umayyad ruins – Natural and Cultural values Anjar, West Beqaa, Lebanon  Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi1, Bassam Al Kantar2, Assad Serhal3 and Bassima Khatib4 1) grjaradi@hotmail.com,...

Mushrooming Kayfoun Qur’anic Garden: Wild Mushrooms Identification and Edibility

At Kayfoun Qur’anic Garden, we’ve taken advantage of everything the area offers, from hiking Mountain peaks to sampling Hima’s incredible forests and trails. But...
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Let’s Protect Anjar-Kfar Zabad Wetland

Every year on the 2nd of February, the world celebrates World Wetlands Day. The celebrations mark the adoption of the Convention of Wetlands of...
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Promoting Hima Women Empowerment for Conservation and Livelihood

SPNL initiated in the beginning of 2013 a project for empowering women funded by the UN WomenFund for Gender Equality– “Promoting Hima Women Empowerment...
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Community conservation methods go back to the future

A centuries old method of conservation is being revived in Qatar and other parts of the Islamic world. At the fifth Hikma session at...
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What is Hima

Hima means protected area in Arabic; it is a community based approach used for the conservation of sites, species, habitats, and people in order...
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The ruins of Anjar reveal a very regular layout, reminiscent of the palace-cities of ancient times, and are a unique testimony to city planning under the Umayyads

Aanjar celebrates the Secrets of Birds Migration and Forests of Hope

 Secrets of Birds Migration and Forests of Hope Festival – Aanjar On Saturday October 6, a day full of environmental activities attracted more than 150...
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Regional workshop on the “Hybrid” HIMA approach to community based resource...

The regional workshop on the “Hybrid HIMA approach to community based resource management” took place in Istanbul, Turkey from the 14th to the 16th...