Tanahu
Hydropower.
Long-term environmental consultancy for forest, watershed and biodiversity planning in the Seti River basin, Nepal.
Explore the field missions ↓Biodiversity Expert
Ecology inside infrastructure development.
The Tanahu Hydropower Project is located on the Seti River near Damauli, in Nepal’s Tanahu District. The associated environmental consultancy has involved long-term technical support for forest, watershed and biodiversity-related components of the project’s environmental-impact assessment and management activities.
Since 2020, Giovanni Bacaro has worked with ELC Electroconsult as an International Forest Expert and Biodiversity Expert, combining technical planning with repeated field missions and coordination of local experts. The work links environmental safeguards, forest and watershed management, mitigation and compensation, and discussions around biodiversity offsets.
Our collaboration with ELC ↗From impact assessment to action.
Environmental planning, technical coordination and field-based expertise across multiple missions and project phases.
Forest Management Plan
Development of forest-management planning for the project’s environmental-management context.
Forest & Watershed Management Plan
Integrated planning that connects forest management with watershed considerations.
International field missions
Site assessments, technical reviews and repeated coordination with local experts.
Biomass Removal Plan
Preparation of planning for biomass removal associated with project implementation.
Mitigation & compensation
Technical contributions to measures intended to mitigate and compensate for environmental impacts.
Biodiversity-offset discussions
Participation in defining and discussing biodiversity-offset options; discussions are not presented as approved or implemented outcomes.
Field evidence, local expertise.
Successive missions have connected environmental planning with observations on site, interviews and technical discussions. Coordination with local experts has been central to linking specialist plans with the landscape and its management needs.
The ongoing consultancy illustrates how applied ecological research expertise can contribute to international environmental-safeguard processes without conflating consultancy deliverables with independent research findings.
Years in the field.
Explore all 77 photographs from the mission archive, including environmental surveys, local coordination, landscape observations and field travel. Select a thumbnail or use the arrows to navigate.
Scientific expertise beyond academia.
This project represents a long-running strand of international environmental consultancy at the intersection of ecology, forests, watersheds and biodiversity safeguards. The same expertise underpins research questions on vegetation, landscape change, environmental management and biodiversity assessment.