简介:Giventheexistenceoftransactioncosts,thelocationofpropertyrightsisanimportantfactorindeterminingtheincentivesforefficientlevelsofinvestmentatvariouslevelsoftheindustry.Thispaperappliessomeoftheeconomictheoriesofpropertyrightsandindustrialstructuretotheissuesconcerningtheconservationofbiodiversity.AlthoughtheexpansionofIntellectualPropertyRights(IPR)systemsintotheareaofgeneticresourceshasincreasedprivateinvestmentinR&Dprocessoftheagriculture,itdoesnotgenerateenoughincentivesforinsituconservationofbiodiversity.Tosolvethiseconomicinefficiency,farmers’rightsandotherdesignofincentivesandinstitutionalarrangementshouldbereconsidered.
简介:Particlesbehaviourwasmonitoredandanalyzedinastormwaterwetlandoveraperiodof4months(June-September,2009).Theresultsindicatedthattheparticlesbehaviourcanbeaffectedbymanyprocesses,suchassedimentation,resuspension,adsorptionandreleaseinstormwaterwetlandsduringdrydays.Duetotheeffectsofthesefactors,theparticlesremovalefficiencycalculatedbasedonthesettlingtheorywassignificantlyhigherthanthevalueobtainedusingthemeasuredparticlesnumberconcentration.Andthemeasuredefficiencyshowedaturningpointintherangeof2-4μm,whichwaswithinthecolloidalparticlesrange.Analysisofparticlesizedistributionshowedthatparticleswerefinerintheoutflowthaninflowduetosedimentationofthecoarseparticlesandresuspensionofthefineparticlesinthewetland.Particlesindifferentsizerangesplaydifferentrolesintheircontributiontoturbidityandtotalsuspendedsolidsconcentration.Thefinerparticles(lessthan10μm)showedacloserrelationshipwiththeturbiditywhilecoarserparticles(>4μm)weremorerelatedtototalsuspendedsolidconcentration.