Sub-Saharan Africa by Paul Ferguson https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61 Period 2 en-us 2018-02-21 13:44:58 UTC 2025-11-20 20:18:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Vanishing Water https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/233725561 Josh D, Jordan D, Lucas H
Desertification is the process when quality farmland is turned to Desert making it unsuitable for farming. This has affected mainly West Africa.
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Farming in Sub]]> 2018-02-21 13:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/233727351 Natural Resources and Resource Scarcity https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/233727582 Zoey, X, Gustavo
Although Sub-Saharan Africa has a large supply of diamonds, gold, and oil, many countries lack basic resources such as water and food.
 
 ]]> 2018-02-21 13:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/233727582 Deforestation https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/233728179 Kazrin Gambrel, Hunter Huser, Royce Loften

Farmers are cutting down trees to create more farmland but are causing problems even though they are feeding the people.
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One persistent threat in Africa is poaching. Many species of animals have become endangered or extinct because of this. It is a big problem because people make money off the skins and tusks.
 
 
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There are many different lifestyles in Sub-Saharan Africa. For example, the Maasai are nomads, the Bambuti are hunter-gatherers, and the Kanuri are farmers. 
 
 ]]> 2018-02-22 13:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/234205493 Farming in Sub-Saharan Africa- Blake H, Elizabeth F, Taylor M https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/234206645 Farming in Sub-Saharan has many setbacks. There usually is not enough water for irrigation and 70% of people work in the agriculture sector. 
 
 
 
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Ghana, Mali and Songhai were empires that became powerful because of their environment, they used it to export gold and salt, to make routes over the Sahara Desert and The Niger River and extracting materials out of it. ]]> 2018-02-22 14:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/234213603 https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/234219578 2018-02-22 14:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/fergusonp/vel74avhrg61/wish/234219578