Will,
Sounds like a great adventure and a worthy cause.
I don't think the coast road through Mauritania is really boring (especially if you get the tides wrong!), though I'm a desert guy and a lot of people are just in a hurry to get through. There is of course the Banc d'Arguin National Park, I've met with the people in this region, and as mostly fishermen I'm sure they'll be affected by the change in sea-level.
The road down the Western Sahara is tarmac, and safe from land-mines. We've spent some time getting down to the beach which is nice and quiet, as you'd expect. If you stray off-road near the border areas, particularly off the "Old Spanish Road" which is kinda the no-mans land after the Moroccan border post but before the Mauritania border post, there is a danger from land mines, as the husks of vehicles remind you.
Good luck with your trip.
Nick.
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