Giving Compass' Take:

• Andrew Frederick Johnson and his colleagues discuss why local sustainability and conservation policies can have a negative trickle effect so they have identified ways to avoid actions that displace environmental harms from one place to another rather than reducing them.

• What measures can donors take to help support better conservation efforts? Which industries are experiencing the most problems? 

• Learn about ISSF making a strategic plan for sustainable seafood.

For many years environmentalists have urged the public to “think globally, act locally” – meaning, consider the health of the planet, then take action in your own community.

But this approach can have unintended consequences. In a recent study, I worked with colleagues from academia, government and the nonprofit world to gather examples of fishery, forestry, agriculture and biofuel policies that appeared successful locally, but on closer inspection actually created environmental problems elsewhere, or in some cases made them worse.

Read the full article about how to keep conversation policies from backfiring by Andrew Frederick Johnson at The Conversation