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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](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) 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>Being 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 suggests shedding blood," he informed the BBC.<br> |
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<br>"Land is really important 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 among the lots of individuals opposed to the creation of a big [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) plantation in the area, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.<br> |
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<br>It is an arid location and home to some 20,000 individuals in addition to globally threatened animal and bird species.<br> |
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<br>Ambitious goals<br> |
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<br>An Italian business has asked the authorities for [consent](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.<br> |
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<br>This plant, initially from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out [animals -](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) goats stay well away as it is [harmful](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html). The location impacted is neighborhood land which is being held in trust by the local council.<br> |
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<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br> |
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<br>It has actually rented practically a million hectares in Africa |
