SPNL and HHIC Launch SNOW Educational Session at Kefraya Public School to Promote Sustainable Water Use
Today, the Homat Al Hima International Center (HHIC) and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in collaboration with the Municipality...
Schools Without Walls, When Nature Opens Its Doors to Everyone
On a calm morning in the heart of Shmlan, nature prepared to welcome a special group of young visitors. As part of the “Schools...
Towards a New Dawn for the Litani: How a National River, UNESCO, and SPNL Are Shaping Lebanon’s Next Biosphere Reserve
Lebanon’s longest river seemed to flow with a renewed sense of possibility. The Litani River Authority (LRA), led by Director General Dr. Sami Alawieh,...
Youth Volunteers Unite to Protect Hima Anjar Wetland in Large-Scale Cleanup Initiative
On November 1, 2025, the Hima Anjar Wetland came alive with the spirit of volunteerism and environmental stewardship as more than 40 young members...
Restoring Hima Ecosystem functions though promoting sustainable community -based water management...
Project Goals:
- By 2015, the water table in the mountain aquifers is high enough to ensure an average yearly outflow of the Anjar and...
Promoting Hima Women Empowerment for Conservation and Livelihood
Project Goal:The livelihood of rural women is enhanced through the revival of the Hima approach in the sustainable management of the IBAs of Lebanon.
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Endangered Species: Lebanon’s wildlife and wild places are facing many threats
Lebanon’s wildlife and wild places are facing many threats; hunting, pollution, urban encroachment; quarrying, invasive species, the list goes on and on.
Some species thrive...
Empowerment of women through vocational training on carpet weaving
Through the presence of the municipality of Anjar and Fekha villages and the local community, SPNL has recently concluded the project titled “Vocational Trainings...
Promoting “Hima Women Empowerment” for Conservation and Livelihood
SPNL initiated in the beginning of 2013 a project for empowering women funded by the UN Women Fund for Gender Equality–titled “Promoting Hima Women...
IUCN Red List raises more red flags for threatened species
By Martin Fowlie
Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the...