The Adaptation for Conservation Targets (ACT) Framework: A Tool for Incorporating Climate Change into Natural Resource Management

This article introduces the Adaption for Conservation Targets(ACT) Framework in consideration of the effects of climate change in the development of management actions for particular species, ecosystems and ecological functions. The ACT is presented as a practical tool for initiating adaptation planning, and for generating and communicating specific management interventions given an increasingly altered, yet uncertain, climate.