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'''Anna Giordano''' (born in 1965) is a [[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[conservationist]]. A leader of Sicily's [[World Wide Fund for Nature]], she won the [[Goldman Prize]] in 1998.<ref name="goldman">[http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/105 The page on Anna Giordano] in Goldman Prize's web site.</ref> She's known because of her work for the protection of wild birds and against the damages that the bridge over the [[Strait of Messina]] would cause in the environment.<ref name="frontline">[http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/sicily0404/7.html Article on Anna Giordano] in FRONTLINE/World web site.</ref>
'''Anna Giordano''' (born in 1965<ref>"Giordano, now 35" says [http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/heroesgallery/0,2967,giordano,00.html this year-2000 article on her] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211063953/http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/heroesgallery/0,2967,giordano,00.html |date=2008-12-11 }}.</ref>) is an Italian [[conservation movement|conservationist]]. A trained ornithologist with a doctorate in natural sciences, Giordano is today a leader of [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (WWF) in Sicily and a respected environmentalist across Europe,<ref name="Giordano's activity highlights">[http://www.alcorso.org/assets/Anna_Giordano-EOI-Nov_2010.doc "Anna Giordano’s activity highlights"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424142110/http://www.alcorso.org/assets/Anna_Giordano-EOI-Nov_2010.doc |date=2014-04-24 }}, The Alcorso Foundation, 2010.</ref> and she won the [[Goldman Prize]] in 1998.<ref name="goldman">[http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/105 The page on Anna Giordano] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123040250/http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/105 |date=November 23, 2010 }} in Goldman Prize's web site.</ref> She's known because of her work for the protection of wild birds and against the damages that the bridge over the [[Strait of Messina]] would cause in the environment.<ref name="frontline">[https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/sicily0404/7.html Article on Anna Giordano] in FRONTLINE/World web site.</ref>


==Biography==
She joined the Italian League for the Protection of Birds at the age of six. In 1981, after seeing 17 birds shot out of the sky by [[Poaching|poacher]]s shooting from cement bunkers, she committed herself to the fight against poachers. Challenging men in the Sicilian male-dominated society where there was a long tradition of hunting migrating [[raptor]]s, created open hostility toward Giordano. When she began badgering police, forest rangers and local authorities to do something about the illegal killing, she was not taken seriously. But she persisted and began organizing camps of young people from all throughout the world who would gather each spring to observe the migrations and inform police when they saw poachers at work.<ref name="goldman" /><ref name="TimeHeroesForThePlanet">SANCTON, Thomas, [http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/heroesgallery/0,2967,giordano,00.html "Anna Giordano — Making the Skies Safer"], Heroes for The Planet gallery in Time.com web site.</ref>
She joined the [[Italian League for Bird Protection]] (LIPU) at the age of six. In 1981, after seeing 17 birds shot out of the sky by [[Poaching|poacher]]s shooting from cement bunkers, she committed herself to the fight against poachers. Challenging men in the Sicilian male-dominated society where there was a long tradition of hunting migrating [[Bird of prey|raptors]], created open hostility toward Giordano. When she began badgering police, forest rangers and local authorities to do something about the illegal killing, she was not taken seriously. But she persisted and, in 1984, began organizing camps of young people from all throughout the world who would gather each spring to observe the migrations and inform police when they saw poachers at work.<ref name="goldman" /><ref name="TimeHeroesForThePlanet">Sancton, Thomas, [http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/heroesgallery/0,2967,giordano,00.html "Anna Giordano — Making the Skies Safer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211063953/http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/heroesgallery/0,2967,giordano,00.html |date=2008-12-11 }}, Heroes for The Planet gallery in Time.com web site.</ref>


The hunters retaliated with threats and intimidation. In 1986 she narrowly escaped the firebombing of her car, and later poachers broke into her house and mailed her a dead [[falcon]] with a threatening note. After this and another incident where she and a group of young people monitoring the migration were shot at, local law enforcement officers began to aid Giordano in her efforts to stop rampant poaching.<ref name="goldman" /><ref name="TimeHeroesForThePlanet" />
The hunters retaliated with threats and intimidation. In 1986 she narrowly escaped the firebombing of her car, and later poachers broke into her house and mailed her a dead [[falcon]] with a threatening note. After this and another incident where she and a group of young people monitoring the migration were shot at, local law enforcement officers began to aid Giordano in her efforts to stop rampant poaching.<ref name="goldman" /><ref name="TimeHeroesForThePlanet" />


She declared that in 1984, during the first camp, they counted about 3,100 raptors and storks, and 1,100 shots — and in 2000, just a little bit less than 35,000 raptors and storks, and 5 shots.<ref>A letter by Anna Giordano, to Brian Horkley, published in [http://www.lipu-uk.org/pdf/Ali%20Sep%2005.pdf the September 2005 issue of ''Ali''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724102123/http://www.lipu-uk.org/pdf/Ali%20Sep%2005.pdf |date=2011-07-24 }}, a publication of the British society of LIPU supporters.</ref>
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Between 1996 and 2003, Anna Giordano was the Director of the [[Riserva naturale integrale Saline di Trapani e Paceco|Natural Reserve Saline di Trapani and Paceco]], established by the Sicilian Region and managed by WWF.<ref name="Giordano's activity highlights"/>
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Nowadays, Giordano leads the WWF team involved with the review of [[environmental impact assessment]]s for development proposals in the European Union and Italy. Between 2007 and 2008, she was involved with the ''Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment'' established by the Italian Ministry for the Environment.<ref name="Giordano's activity highlights"/> In 2021 she has won the environmental Italian prize "Luisa Minazzi - Ambientalista dell'anno". [https://www.wwf.it/pandanews/animali/anna-giordano-e-lambientalista-dellanno/]
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==External links==
* {{in lang|it}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pr0s3Qz5Lg Lo stretto oltre il ponte - Intervista ad Anna Giordano] (interview to Anna Giordano), 17 March 2012.


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Latest revision as of 10:56, 22 October 2024

This article is about the Italian conservationist. For the Italian athlete, see Anna Giordano Bruno.

Anna Giordano (born in 1965[1]) is an Italian conservationist. A trained ornithologist with a doctorate in natural sciences, Giordano is today a leader of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Sicily and a respected environmentalist across Europe,[2] and she won the Goldman Prize in 1998.[3] She's known because of her work for the protection of wild birds and against the damages that the bridge over the Strait of Messina would cause in the environment.[4]

Biography

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She joined the Italian League for Bird Protection (LIPU) at the age of six. In 1981, after seeing 17 birds shot out of the sky by poachers shooting from cement bunkers, she committed herself to the fight against poachers. Challenging men in the Sicilian male-dominated society where there was a long tradition of hunting migrating raptors, created open hostility toward Giordano. When she began badgering police, forest rangers and local authorities to do something about the illegal killing, she was not taken seriously. But she persisted and, in 1984, began organizing camps of young people from all throughout the world who would gather each spring to observe the migrations and inform police when they saw poachers at work.[3][5]

The hunters retaliated with threats and intimidation. In 1986 she narrowly escaped the firebombing of her car, and later poachers broke into her house and mailed her a dead falcon with a threatening note. After this and another incident where she and a group of young people monitoring the migration were shot at, local law enforcement officers began to aid Giordano in her efforts to stop rampant poaching.[3][5]

She declared that in 1984, during the first camp, they counted about 3,100 raptors and storks, and 1,100 shots — and in 2000, just a little bit less than 35,000 raptors and storks, and 5 shots.[6]

Between 1996 and 2003, Anna Giordano was the Director of the Natural Reserve Saline di Trapani and Paceco, established by the Sicilian Region and managed by WWF.[2]

Nowadays, Giordano leads the WWF team involved with the review of environmental impact assessments for development proposals in the European Union and Italy. Between 2007 and 2008, she was involved with the Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment established by the Italian Ministry for the Environment.[2] In 2021 she has won the environmental Italian prize "Luisa Minazzi - Ambientalista dell'anno". [1]

References

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  1. ^ "Giordano, now 35" says this year-2000 article on her Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b c "Anna Giordano’s activity highlights" Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, The Alcorso Foundation, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c The page on Anna Giordano Archived November 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine in Goldman Prize's web site.
  4. ^ Article on Anna Giordano in FRONTLINE/World web site.
  5. ^ a b Sancton, Thomas, "Anna Giordano — Making the Skies Safer" Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, Heroes for The Planet gallery in Time.com web site.
  6. ^ A letter by Anna Giordano, to Brian Horkley, published in the September 2005 issue of Ali Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, a publication of the British society of LIPU supporters.
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