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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha [Woodlands](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) expansion<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](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) in the shade of a tree next to his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is bold.<br> |
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<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it means shedding blood," he told the BBC.<br> |
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<br>"Land is extremely 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 among the numerous people opposed to the development of a big [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.<br> |
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<br>It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 individuals in addition to worldwide threatened animal and bird types.<br> |
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<br>Ambitious goals<br> |
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<br>An Italian business has actually asked the authorities for permission to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be developed into bio-diesel.<br> |
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<br>This plant, initially from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to stay out animals - goats stay well away as it is poisonous. The area affected is neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the local council.<br> |
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<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br> |
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<br>It has leased practically a million hectares in Africa |
