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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha [Woodlands biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) growth<br>
<br>23 March 2011<br>
<br>By Will Ross<br>
<br>BBC News, Dakatcha<br>
<br>Sitting 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 really important to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br>
<br>He is among the numerous individuals opposed to the creation of a large [biofuel plantation](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.<br>
<br>It is a dry area and home to some 20,000 people along with worldwide threatened animal and bird types.<br>
<br>Ambitious goals<br>
<br>An Italian business has actually asked the authorities for consent to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.<br>
<br>This plant, originally from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats stay well away as it is [dangerous](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy). The location affected is community land which is being held in trust by the local council.<br>
<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br>
<br>It has actually rented almost a million hectares in Africa
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