ABSTRACT

This chapter examines the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in climate adaptation projects. Detailing efforts at mangrove restoration in the South American country Guyana, I show that engineers, geoscientists, and beekeepers innovate methods in sea defense by collecting both scientific and humanistic facts about vulnerability. Their collaborations rely on a methodological approach called the case study or the in-depth analysis of a particular site to illustrate the impacts of climate change on varied humans and nonhumans. Questions about how to prioritize climate adaptation projects are urgent ones and are shaped by public education and awareness of varied case studies across the planet.