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Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) growth
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23 March 2011
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By Will Ross
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BBC News, Dakatcha
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Sitting in the shade of a tree next to his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is bold.
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"We are not going to let this land go even if it suggests shedding blood," he informed the BBC.
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"Land is extremely essential to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."
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He is among the lots of individuals opposed to the [production](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) of a large [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the seaside town of [Malindi](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).
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It is an arid location and home to some 20,000 individuals along with internationally threatened animal and bird types.
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Ambitious goals
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An Italian company has actually asked the authorities for approval to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be developed into bio-diesel.
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This plant, originally from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to stay out animals - goats remain well away as it is poisonous. The location impacted is community land which is being held in trust by the [local council](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).
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Kenya [Jatropha](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.
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It has actually rented nearly a million hectares in Africa \ No newline at end of file