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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) growth<br> |
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<br>23 March 2011<br> |
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<br>By Will Ross<br> |
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<br>BBC News, Dakatcha<br> |
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<br>Sitting in the shade of a tree next to his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.<br> |
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<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it implies shedding blood," he informed the BBC.<br> |
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<br>"Land is very crucial to us. We farm and get our income from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br> |
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<br>He is one of the numerous individuals opposed to the development of a large [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.<br> |
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<br>It is a dry location and home to some 20,000 individuals along with [internationally threatened](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) animal and bird species.<br> |
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<br>Ambitious objectives<br> |
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<br>An Italian company has actually asked the authorities for approval to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be become bio-diesel.<br> |
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<br>This plant, initially from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to stay out animals - goats remain well away as it is harmful. The location impacted is [neighborhood](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) land which is being held in trust by the [local council](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br> |
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<br>Kenya [Jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br> |
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<br>It has actually rented almost a million hectares in Africa |
