LIPU

LIPU

Italian League for Bird Protection
Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli
A LIPU operator with a buzzard
Abbreviation	LIPU
Formation	1965 (1965)
Founder	Giorgio Punzo
Founded at	Rome
Type	Nonprofit
Headquarters	Parma, Italy
Region served	Italy
Fields	Bird conservation, wildlife protection, environmental education
Members	26,511 (2024)
Key people	Danilo Selvaggi (General manager)
Affiliations	BirdLife International, IUCN
Funding	Membership fees, Italy's 5×1000 tax designation, bequests and individual donations
Staff	77 (2024)
Volunteers	1,441 (2024)
Website	https://www.lipu.it/
Formerly called	Lega Nazionale Contro la Distruzione degli Uccelli (Lenacdu)
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LIPU, the Lega italiana protezione uccelli (En. “Italian League for Bird Protection”) is an Italian charitable organisation, founded in 1965 and devoted to the protection of the country's wildlife with a particular focus on birds.² As of 2024, it has a membership of over 26,000 and is the Italian partner of BirdLife International.¹ Moreover, it is one of the most important Italian environmentalist organizations with WWF Italia, Legambiente and Greenpeace Italia.

Its activities fall broadly within four main areas:

• Species protection, including action against illegal shooting and trapping of birds.
• The conservation and development of habitats important for species conservation.
• Environmental education and the raising of public awareness over wildlife and conservation issues.
• Lobbying for changes in Italian and EU law—or for the more rigorous application of existing law—related to wildlife protection.