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Desert revision
Challenges
There is no accessibility or navigation, there are no cars, no roads no transport
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There is a lack of water, you have to carry what you need
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Opportunities
In Morocco they have built the world’s largest solar panel farm. Built on an area of more than 3,000 hectares in area - the size of 3,500 football fields -- the Noor-Ouarzazate complex, produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Prague, or twice the size of Marrakesh. 35% of Morocco’s energy is already renewable
The Sahara Desert attracts many visitors who want to see some of the 120 species found there.This gives people that live there job opportunities in tourism.
Morocco is the world’s third largest exporter of phosphate – this is found in fertilisers. The phosphate is transported 61 miles across the rugged terrain of Western Sahara, from the mines of Bou Craa to Port El Aaiún, where massive ships transport. This gives the people in Morocco the chance to have easy access to fertiliser and to sell it.
Mining contributed up to 35% of exports in Morocco in 2011. This means that people can get jobs in mining
Over 12 hours of sunlight every day is ideal for generating solar power – on average 330 sunny days a year. In Tunisia, a solar panel farm is going to be built that can supply electricity for 2.5 million homes.
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