An article about RUPES Program was published some time ago on the Rural Poverty Portal. Powered by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Rural Poverty Portal is a website where rural poor people, policy-makers, donors, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and other development partners can share information about eradicating rural poverty.

The article featured action research activities RUPES carried out during its first phase (2002-2007) on the three environmental service issues: securing land tenure for helping resolve conflict, improvement of watershed function, and sequestering carbon for global benefits. 

The article states, "The results of the first phase of the RUPES project ...  were so encouraging that a second phase began in October 2008."

RUPES Phase II also known as the  Programme on Rewards for, Use of and Shared Investment in Pro-poor Environmental Services will run for four years, building on the lessons learned in the first phase.

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The article is also accessible from IFAD website.