Publications

• A Sense of Place at Risk: Perspectives of Residents of Coastal Louisiana on Nonstructural Risk Reduction Strategies
• Letter from Coalition March 2017 – Re: Collective Public Comment and Recommendations on Draft 2017 Coastal Master Plan and Draft Integrated Ecosystem Restoration & Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana – Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Plan

Oxfam continues to work to ensure that the money from the fines is in fact invested in projects that restore and rebuild the coastal ecosystems, and that the funds go to train and employ the people most affected by the oil spill. We have issued several research reports:

• Building the Gulf: Recommendations for ensuring restoration benefits for communities and the environment report from Oxfam America and The Nature Conservancy.
• A Way of Life at Risk: On the fourth anniversary of the BP oil spill, April 20, 2014, Oxfam released a report that explores how the oil spill devastated the livelihoods, families, and communities along the Louisiana Gulf Coast.
• The Economic Case for Restoring Coastal Ecosystems is a report from Oxfam and the Center for American Progress (CAP) that analyzes the economic benefits provided by three coastal restoration projects that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funded with grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. These three projects are located in the Seaside Bays of Virginia’s Atlantic coast; Mobile Bay, Alabama; and South San Francisco Bay, California. The analysis shows that the ecological restoration resulting from these projects can provide long-term economic benefits that far exceed project cost, in addition to the initial economic stimulus.
• Integrating Social Science and Gulf Coast Restoration contains findings from a social science workshop at the University of New Orleans in 2013. A team of 55 scholars and practitioners convened to consider coastal residents’ needs, knowledge, and concerns—and how best to address those concerns in sound restoration projects.
• Beyond Recovery: Moving the Gulf Coast Toward a Sustainable Future proposes a plan to restore the region, building on existing assets and leveraging incoming federal funding to spark innovation and collaboration, putting local communities to work.
• A Sense of Place at Risk presents perspectives of residents of coastal Louisiana on nonstructural risk reduction strategies.

• Rebuilding Our Economy, Restoring Our Environment, (July 2012)
  How the Emerging Restoration Economy Offers New and Expanded Opportunities for Gulf Coast Businesses and Communities
  A report from Oxfam America and TNC
• Contracting Preferences for RESTORE Act-Funded Projects
  Recommendations to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
  A report from Oxfam America, LSU, IEDC
• An Agenda to Enhance Community Resiliency
  A Memo to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
  With endorsements from over 100 organizations
• Louisiana Master Plan
  On May 22, 2012, the Louisiana Legislature unanimously approved the 2012 Coastal Master Plan. The CPRA’s 2012 Coastal Master Plan is based on a two year analysis involving some of the state’s best scientists as well as national and international specialists.
• Gulf Coast Job Creation and Workforce Development
  A review of recent research studies and recommended strategies for local, state, and federal agencies
     A publication from SSA Consultants, Commissioned by Oxfam
• Restoring the Gulf Coast: New Markets for Established Firms
  A report from Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness
• Job Creation from Gulf Coast Wetlands Restoration
  White Paper Completed by: Mather Economics LLC
• Restoring Gulf Oyster Reefs: Opportunities for Innovation
  A report from Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness on the growth opportunities associated with oyster reef restoration
• Dollars and Sense: Economic Benefits and Impacts from two Oyster Reef Restoration Projects in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
  A study of the short- and long-term economic benefits and ecosystem services provided by oyster reefs
• Letter to the Honorable Penny Pritzker
  Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
  Chair, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
• Letter to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
  Re: Local contracting preference interpretation
  June 22, 2015