TURNING DUNES INTO ARCHITECTURENIGERIA

By Callum and Henry

BACKGROUND INFO

Capital: Abuja Language: English Population: 137,300,000 GDP: $900 Life expectancy: 52

SAHARA DESERT

• Bigger than the united states •Largest desert in the world•Across the northern part of Africa.•15 DPY

DESERTIFICATION

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•Growing Deserts•Moving villages •Destroying towns•Moving dunes

THE PROBLEM

- Dunes are covering villages- People have to move away from the

desert.- Trees stop the sand, but getting

chopped down.- Agriculture - 600 meters per year.

THE SOLUTION

- Bacillus pasteuri - Hardens sand dunes - Creates cavities- Plant trees, makes living areas- Bacteria make calcite and bond the sand

together