ERGO specialises
in applied research for sustainable development and provides a broad
spectrum of advisory services relating to environmental assessment, natural
resource management, project implementation and technical back-stopping,
including: independent reviews, resource surveys, biodiversity studies, GIS
applications, image processing, spatial analysis, rural appraisal,
monitoring and evaluation.
The company was established in 1985, and merged
with Resource Inventory and Management Limited in 1993 on completion
of the first countrywide, integrated air-ground surveys of Nigerian livestock resources for the Federal Government and the World
Bank.
We maintain close links with Oxford University and have a well established track-record
of interdisciplinary study and collaboration with many international organisations
and development agencies, including: the European Commission, the Food and Agriculture
Organisation of the United Nations, the Global Environment Facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency,
the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the International
Livestock Research Institute, the International Union for the Conservation
of Nature; the Natural Resources Institute, Natural Resources International
Limited, the Overseas
Development Institute, OXFAM, the UK Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs, the UK Department for
International Development, the United Nations Development Programme, the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, the United
Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank and the World Food Programme.
Our staff have extensive experience of working in developing countries, including:
Botswana, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Malawi,
Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Rwanda, Tanzania, Seychelles, Somalia, South
Africa, Sudan, Tchad, Viet Nam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
