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Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands biofuel expansion
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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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Being in the shade of a tree next to his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.
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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 really important to us. We farm and get our income from it. On this land we bury our dead."
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He is one of the lots of people opposed to the creation of a big [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.
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It is a dry location and home to some 20,000 individuals along with internationally threatened animal and bird types.
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Ambitious objectives
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An Italian company has asked the authorities for approval to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.
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This plant, originally from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to stay out animals - goats remain well away as it is toxic. The location affected is which is being kept in trust by the regional council.
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Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove [Iniziative Industriali](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) SRL.
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It has rented nearly a million hectares in Africa \ No newline at end of file