1. Action Plan Directions

2. 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.

4. 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.

5. Drought - Provide drip irrigation so that the crops can be watered

6. 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