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World #Wetlands Day is celebrated on #February2 every year in order to raise global awareness of wetlands' significant role for the planet.
A study on the #PurpleHeron on #Avocetta reinforces the indication that the protection of minor landscape elements as ditches and small patches of wet habitats may be of pivotal importance to foster the long-term conservation of bird communities linked to the residual wetlands of the sub-Alpine belt.

#OpenAccess here:
⬇️ https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/avocetta/article/view/28455?mtm_campaign=mastodon

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Today in History Feb 2, 2024

February 2

This day in history:

1913 – Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
2021 – The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.
1990 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.

Births:

1576 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (d. 1622)
1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565)
1502 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574)

Deaths:

1989 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
1913 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
1952 – Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)

Random Article of the day:
Popstars (Brazilian TV series)

Popstars was a Brazilian reality television series based on the Popstars international series. In Brazil, Popstars was produced by RGB and broadcast on the Brazilian Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) channel. Two series was broadcast for two seasons in 2002 and 2003, after which it was discontinued.
Popstars was a prime time program introduced on SBT to counter very successful reality television programs introduced by Rede Globo television chain via their series Casa dos Artistas and No Limite. The Brazilian Popstar series was broadcast for two seasons in 2002 and 2003.