International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentThe World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)2016-04-192016-04-192007-06-21Rewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services (RUPES)2322_Bakun_RUPES_profile.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66821One of the activities that the Bakun people have been involved in, as part of the partnership with IFAD, has been reforestation and agroforestry projects that increase their livelihood opportunities and to protect their natural resources. While the two hydroelectric plants operating in the watershed pay taxes to the local and national government it is unclear how much of this support gets back to the local communities. RUPES and the local people are working to implement methods for conditional payment for environmental services.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightPayments for environmental servicesLivelihoodsIndigenous communityTropical zonesForest ecosystemsHydropowerPovertyReforestationAgroforestryTraditional farmingAgricultural ecosystemsAgricultureHydroelectric powerWater regulationBakun indigenous tribes organization (bito)Watershed protection servicesUpland farmingConditional paymentsSedimentationOpportunity costsPoverty alleviationWatershedArticle