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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) growth<br>
<br>23 March 2011<br>
<br>By Will Ross<br>
<br>BBC News, Dakatcha<br>
<br>Being in the shade of a tree beside his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.<br>
<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it indicates shedding blood," he told the BBC.<br>
<br>"Land is extremely important to us. We farm and get our income from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br>
<br>He is one of the many people opposed to the creation of a big [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) plantation in the area, about an hour's drive inland from the seaside town of Malindi.<br>
<br>It is a dry area and home to some 20,000 people in addition to internationally threatened animal and bird types.<br>
<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
<br>An Italian business has actually asked the authorities for authorization to rent 50,000 [hectares](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) there to grow [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be become bio-diesel.<br>
<br>This plant, initially from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats remain well away as it is harmful. The area affected is neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the [local council](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br>
<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br>
<br>It has actually leased practically a million hectares in Africa
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