In 2007, Dobbin International Inc affiliated with IBI, becoming the Dobbin Planning Group. Dobbin was the first firm in the world to specialize in Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) and Integrated Regional Development (IRD) Planning. The Dobbin Planning Group emphasizes teamwork to develop innovative solutions that help lift people out of poverty through an integrated, interdisciplinary regional and coastal planning approach.

Dobbin International Inc has been a proven global leader with a stellar reputation for innovation and change embodied by dozens of groundbreaking projects in coastal, ocean and land areas in over 100 countries. It brought over three decades of renowned international experience that has produced a substantial body of work and unparalleled level of diversity and excellence in their field. Projects range from strategic plans for vast regions to planning and management of small areas and sites in a variety of settings from temperate, tropical, desert, island and arctic environments.

The new Dobbin Planning Group continues the work of Dobbin International Inc serving clients around the world in their efforts to strengthen the sustainable development of land, coastal and ocean regions worldwide.

For more information on the work of Dobbin International please visit www.dobbin.org

• National level ICM policies, strategies, and institutional arrangements
  
• ICM training and capacity building
  
• National and regional ICM plans
  
• National coastal erosion prevention strategies
  
• National coastal and ocean information systems
  
• Waterfront master planning
  

• Spatial Development Strategies (SDS) for provinces, districts and communes
• Regional development strategies associated with large scale mineral developments
• Scenario building - Multi-sectoral thematic scenarios
• Multi-sectoral growth poles and corridors identification
• Dynamic mineral resource development
• Application of GIS technologies for high level spatial analyses
• Landscape planning, resource management and design

• Identifying areas of high terrestrial, coastal, and marine biodiversity
• Management strategies and plans for terrestrial and marine protected areas
• Preparing GEF biodiversity Project Documents
• Leading GEF biodiversity management projects

• National and regional tourism strategies
• Integrating tourism development within multi-sectoral regional development frameworks
• Assessment of tourism and ecotourism values
• Linking resorts to local communities
• Coastal and marine tourism strategies

• Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA)
• Coastal and ocean (EEZ) strategic assessments
• Coastal and ocean data atlases and information systems
• Ocean planning of the EEZ
• Litigation support for international maritime boundary delimitations