Consultant to develop loss and damage databases with emphasis on wildfires in Guatemala and Colombia

The role

The consultant will develop loss and damage databases with emphasis on wildfires in Colombia and Guatemala, focusing on the systematic recording, monitoring, and analysis of wildfires and their impacts, damages, and losses through DELTA Resilience.

What you'll do

• Systematically collect, validate, and consolidate information on hazardous events and their impacts with emphasis on wildfires in selected areas of the two countries
• Record information following UNDRR methodological guidance and the DELTA Resilience data structure
• Identify information gaps and methodological challenges related to impact attribution and quantification, as well as triggering mechanisms and cascading effects

What it takes

• Advanced university degree in environmental sciences, ecology, biology, forestry, geography, engineering, economics, disaster risk management, ecosystem management, risk assessment
• Experience in the assessment, collection, and/or analysis of disaster impacts, damages, and losses or environmental impacts
• Experience in database management and the collection, systematization, and analysis of information from multiple sources

What you'll bring

How to apply

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