Cathay Pacific helps ROM researchers examine our world.More than 30 ROM curators are conducting fieldwork field·work n. 1. A temporary military fortification erected in the field. 2. Work done or firsthand observations made in the field as opposed to that done or observed in a controlled environment. 3. in dozens of countries around the globe-digging for evidence of human origins in China, surveying biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed in Guyana, uncovering the history of the Wari culture in Peru. Their work helps to further the goals of conserving the world's habitats and species, and of learning about world cultures. Sending curators to their distant field locales isn't inexpensive, but Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (HKSE: 0293 ) is an airline based in Hong Kong, operating scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 104 destinations worldwide. It is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its main base at the Hong Kong International Airport. [1]. , as Research Partner of the ROM, is making it easier for these researchers to continue their work-by providing complimentary airline tickets to destinations in the Asia Pacific region. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With numerous awards, including being voted Airline of the Year 2009 by Skytrax and most admired company in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. by the Asian Wall Street Journal, Cathay Pacific shares the ROM's aim of providing outstanding products and services in a socially and environmentally responsible way. And, as sponsor of the ROM's 30th annual research colloquium Noun 1. research colloquium - a colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported colloquium - an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting , a day of curatorial talks hosted each year by the ROM, Cathay is helping get word to the public about the many ways ROM researchers are exploring and explaining our world. |
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