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Hydropower and environmental services

Mr Sudrajat, manager, Besai Hydropower Plant, Indonesia, explains how his company worked with upland farmers to reduce sedimentation in the river and why the company provided a reward of a microhydropower unit. Mr Rachman Pasha, project officer with the 'Rewards for, Use of, and Shared Investment in Pro-poor Environmental Services' (RUPES) project explains the project's role as intermediary between the farmers and the power plant.

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