The adaptation for conservation targets (ACT) framework: A tool for incorporating climate change into natural resource management

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-351

  Cross, Molly S ^a   Zavaleta, Erika S ^b   Bachelet, Dominique ^c   Brooks, Marjorie L ^d   Enquist, Carolyn A F ^e,f   Fleishman, Erica ^g,h   Graumlich, Lisa J ⁱ   Groves, Craig R ^j   Hannah, Lee ^k   Hansen, Lara ^l   Hayward, Greg ^m   Koopman, Marni ⁿ   Lawler, Joshua J ^o   Malcolm, Jay ^p   Nordgren, John ^q   Petersen, Brian ^r   Rowland, Erika L ^s   Scott, Daniel ^t   Shafer, Sarah L ^u   Shaw, M Rebecca ^v   Tabor, Gary M ^w   more..

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Wildlife Society   (United States)

^f National Phenology Network   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ University of Washington   (United States)

^j THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^k Iucn Species Survival Commission   (United States)

^l EcoAdapt   (United States)

^m USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

ⁿ GEOS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q Kresge Foundation   (United States)

^r MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^u U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^v ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^w Center for Large Landscape Conservation   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Conservation; Decision making; Management; Natural resources

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION TARGETS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; LONG-TERM VIABILITY; MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; IDAHO; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84866528818     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9893-7     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. AFWA (2009) Voluntary guidance for states to incorporate climate change into state wildlife action plans and other management plans. A Collaboration of the AFWA Climate Change and Teaming With Wildlife Committees, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies pp 50.
2. Campbell A (2008) Managing Australian landscapes in a changing climate: a climate change primer for regional natural resource management bodies. Report to the Department of Climate Change, Canberra.
3. CEQ (2011) Federal agency climate change planning: implementing instructions. Instructions for implementing climate change adaptation planning in accordance with executive order 13514 (Federal leadership in environmental, energy and economic performance).
4. CMP (2007) Conservation measures partnership: open standards for the practice of conservation. Version 2.0.
5. Conroy MJ, Runge MC, Nichols JD, Stodola KW, Cooper RJ (2011) Conservation in the face of climate change: the roles of alternative models, monitoring, and adaptation in confronting and reducing uncertainty. Biological Conservation 144: 1204-1213.
6. Coreau A, Pinay G, Thompson J, Cheptou P-O, Mermet L (2009) The rise of research on futures in ecology: rebalancing scenarios and predictions. Ecology Letters 12:1277-1286.
7. Cross MS, McCarthy PD, Garfin G, Gori D, Enquist CAF (accepted) Accelerating climate change adaptation for natural resources in southwestern United States. Conservation Biology.
8. Dessai S, Hulme M, Lempert R, Pielke RA Jr (2009) Do we need better predictions to adapt to a changing climate? EOS 90: 111-112.
9. Enquist C, Bradley A, Cross M, Garfin G, Gori D, McCarthy P, Oertel R (2009) Jemez mountains climate change adaptation workshop: process, outcomes and next steps. A report of the Southwest Climate Change Initiative. Santa Fe, NM.
10. Foundations of Success (2009) Using conceptual models to document a situation analysis: an FOS how-to guide. Foundations of Success, Bethesda, Maryland.
11. Glick P, Stein BA, Edelson NA (2011) Scanning the conservation horizon: a guide to climate change vulnerability assessment. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC.
12. Graumlich LJ, Pisaric MFJ, Waggoner LA, Littell JS, King JC (2003) Upper yellowstone river flow and teleconnections with pacific basin climate variability during the past three centuries. Climatic Change 59:245-262.
13. Gresswell RE (2009) Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri): a technical conservation assessment. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region.
14. Groves CR, Game ET, Anderson MG, Cross M, Enquist C, Ferdana Z, Girvetz E, Gondor A, Hall KR, Higgins J, Marshall R, Popper K, Schill S, Shafer SL (2012) Incorporating climate change into systematic conservation planning. Biodiversity and Conservation 21:1651-1671.
15. Halofsky JE, Peterson DL, O'Halloran KA, Hawkins-Hoffman C (2011) Adapting to climate change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-844. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, p 130.
16. Hannah L, Midgley GF, Lovejoy T, Bond WJ, Bush M, Lovett JC, Scott D, Woodward FI (2002) Conservation of biodiversity in a changing climate. Conservation Biology 16:264-268.
17. Hansen L, Hoffman J, Drew C, Mielbrecht E (2010) Designing climate-smart conservation: guidance and case studies. Conservation Biology 24:63-69.
18. Heller NE, Zavaleta ES (2009) Biodiversity management in the face of climate change: a review of 22 years of recommendations. Biological Conservation 142:14-32.
19. IPCC (2007a) Climate change 2007: the physical science basis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p 996.
20. IPCC (2007b) Climate change 2007: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. contribution of working group II to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p 976.
21. IPCC-TGCIA (1999) Guidelines on the use of scenario data for climate impact and adaptation assessment. Version 1. In: Carter TR, Hulme M, Lal M (eds) Intergovernmental panel on climate change, task group on scenarios for climate impact assessment, pp 69.
22. Johnson TE, Weaver CP (2009) A framework for assessing climate change impacts on water and watershed systems. Environmental Management 43:118-134.
23. Knowles N, Dettinger MD, Cayan DR (2006) Trends in snowfall versus rainfall in the Western United States. Journal of Climate 19:4545-4559.
24. Lawler JJ, Tear TH, Pyke C, Shaw MR, Gonzalez P, Kareiva P, Hansen L, Hannah L, Klausmeyer K, Aldous A, Bienz C, Pearsall S (2010) Resource management in a changing and uncertain climate. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:35-43.
25. Mahmoud M, Liu Y, Hartmann H, Stewart S, Wagener T, Semmens D, Stewart R, Gupta H, Dominguez D, Dominguez F, Hulse D, Letcher R, Rashleigh B, Smith C, Street R, Ticehurst J, Twery M, van Delden H, Waldick R, White D, Winter L (2009) A formal framework for scenario development in support of environmental decision-making. Environmental Modelling & Software 24:798-808.
26. Marcot BG, Steventon JD, Sutherland GD, McCann RK (2006) Guidelines for developing and updating Bayesian belief networks applied to ecological modeling and conservation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:3063-3074.
27. Margoluis R, Stem C, Salafsky N, Brown M (2009) Using conceptual models as a planning and evaluation tool in conservation. Evaluation and Program Planning 32:138-147.
28. Martin J, Fackler P, Nichols J, Lubow B, Eaton M, Runge M, Stith B, Langtimm C (2011) Structured decision making as a proactive approach to dealing with sea level rise in Florida. Climatic Change 107:185-202.
29. Mawdsley JR, O'Malley R, Ojima DS (2009) A review of climatechange adaptation strategies for wildlife management and biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology 23:1080-1089.
30. Mitchell RJ, Morecroft MD, Acreman M, Crick HQP, Frost M, Harley M, Maclean IMD, Mountford O, Piper J, Pontier H, Rehfisch MM, Ross LC, Smithers RJ, Stott A, Walmsley CA, Watts O, Wilson E (2007) England biodiversity strategy - towards adaptation to climate change. Final Report to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.
31. Moser SC, Ekstrom JA (2010) A framework to diagnose barriers to climate change adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:22026-22031.
32. Mote PW, Hamlet AF, Clark MP, Lettenmaier DP (2005) Declining mountain snowpack in western North America. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86:39-49.
33. NOAA (2010) Adapting to climate change: a planning guide for state coastal managers. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/ climate/adaptation.html. Accessed May 2012).
34. Ogden AE, Innes JL (2009) Application of structured decision making to an assessment of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options for sustainable forest management. Ecology and Society 14:11.
35. Ohlson DW, McKinnon GA, Hirsch KG (2005) A structured decisionmaking approach to climate change adaptation in the forest sector. The Forestry Chronicle 81:97-103.
36. Peterson GD, Cumming GS, Carpenter SR (2003) Scenario planning: a tool for conservation in an uncertain world. Conservation Biology 17:358-366.
37. Peterson DL, Millar CI, Joyce LA, Furniss MJ, Halofsky JE, Neilson RP, Morelli TL (2011) Responding to climate change in national forests: a guidebook for developing adaptation options. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-855. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, p 109.
38. Poiani KA, Goldman RL, Hobson J, Hoekstra JM, Nelson KS (2011) Redesigning biodiversity conservation projects for climate change: examples from the field. Biological Conservation 20:185-201.
39. Rowland EL, Davison JE, Graumlich LJ (2011) Approaches to evaluating climate change impacts on species: a guide to initiating the adaptation planning process. Environmental Management 47:322-337.
40. Scott D, Lemieux C (2005) Climate change and protected area policy and planning in Canada. Forestry Chronicle 81:696-703.
41. Scott D, Malcolm JR, Lemieux C (2002) Climate change and modelled biome representation in Canada's national park system: implications for system planning and park mandates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 11:475-484.
42. Simpson MC, Gössling S, Scott D, Hall CM, Gladin E (2008) Climate change adaptation and mitigation in the tourism sector: frameworks, tools and practices. UNEP, University of Oxford, UNWTO, WMO, Paris.
43. Smith JB, Vogel JM, Cromwell JE III (2009) An architecture for government action on adaptation to climate change. An editorial comment. Climatic Change 95:53-61.
44. Snover AK, Binder LW, Lopez J, Willmott E, Kay J, Howell D, Simmonds J (2007) Preparing for climate change: a guidebook for local, regional, and state governments. In association with and published by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Oakland.
45. Spittlehouse DL, Stewart RB (2003) Adaptation to climate change in forest management. BC Journal of Ecosystems & Management 4:1-11.
46. Stewart IT, Cayan DR, Dettinger MD (2004) Changes in snowmelt runoff timing in western North America under a 'business as usual' climate change scenario. Climatic Change 62:217-232.
47. TNC (2009) Conservation action planning guidelines for developing strategies in the face of climate change. http://conserveonline. org/workspaces/climateadaptation/documents/climate-changeproject- level-guidance/documents/climate-change-cap-guidanceoctober- 2009. Accessed May 2012.
48. USAID (2007) Adapting to climate variability and change: a guidance manual for development planning. U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington.
49. US-GAO (2007) Climate change: agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal land and water resources. U.S. General Accounting Office. GAO-07-863.
50. Weeks D, Malone P, Welling L (2011) Climate change scenario planning: a tool for managing parks into uncertain futures. ParkScience 28:26-33.
51. West JM, Julius SH, Kareiva P, Enquist C, Lawler JJ, Petersen B, Johnson AE, Shaw MR (2009) U.S. natural resources and climate change: concepts and approaches for management adaptation. Environmental Management 44:1001-1021.
52. Wiens JA, Bachelet D (2010) Matching the multiple scales of conservation with the multiple scales of climate change. Conservation Biology 24:51-62.
53. Williams JW, Jackson ST, Kutzbach JE (2007) Projected distributions of novel and disappearing climates by 2100 AD. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104:5738-5742.
54. Williams BK, Szaro RC, Shapiro CD (2009) Adaptive management: the U.S. Department of the Interior Technical Guide. Adaptive Management Working Group, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC.
55. Willows RI, Connell RK (2003) Climate adaptation: risk, uncertainty and decision-making. UKCIP technical report. United Kingdom Climate Impacts Program, Oxford 154 pp.