Action Plan Directions

Action Plan

• You have been elected the new President of Mauritania, a country in West Africa.

• Create an action plan to solve each of the four desertification problems in the Sahel region.

Directions: • Take a piece of official Mauritanian government

paper and divide it into four sections.

Directions:

• In each square, include the following:1. A picture of each step of your plan (4 total)

2. Explanation of how each strategy will work.

Answer the question below on the back of your paper.

Conclusion question – Which part of your plan is the best? Explain why.

Drought

- Provide drip irrigation so that the crops can be watered

Help: How would you fix each of these problems?

1. Drought?

2. Deforestation?

3. Overgrazing?

4. Poor Farming Techniques- Overuse of water and land- Bad irrigation techniques