Legambiente Toscana

Founded in 1980, Legambiente Toscana is a non-profit association based in Firenze, Italy working on environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation, animal welfare +3 more.

Legambiente Toscana APS is the Tuscany regional branch of Legambiente, one of the main environmental associations in Italy, founded in 1980. It is an association of social promotion (APS) made up of local Legambiente circles across the region. Its work covers climate action, the fight against environmental crime (ecomafie), illegal waste disposal and illegal building, marine and coastal protection, sustainable mobility, renewable energy, nature and protected area management, and animal welfare. It runs public campaigns and events, conducts scientific research and environmental monitoring, operates a volunteer environmental monitoring network, and organises civic clean-up and awareness initiatives, along with a legal centre supporting environmental litigation. The association is non-profit and reinvests any surplus in its activities. It is based in Florence and works for the public across Tuscany, with the stated aim of promoting sustainable ecological and social change.