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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 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 beside 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 indicates shedding blood," he told the BBC.<br> |
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<br>"Land is very 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 one of the numerous people opposed to the creation of a large [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the of Malindi.<br> |
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<br>It is a dry area and home to some 20,000 [individuals](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) as well as internationally threatened animal and bird species.<br> |
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<br>Ambitious goals<br> |
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<br>An Italian company has actually asked the authorities for permission to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be become bio-diesel.<br> |
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<br>This plant, [originally](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats remain well away as it is poisonous. The location affected is community land which is being kept in trust by the local council.<br> |
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<br>Kenya [Jatropha Energy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br> |
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<br>It has actually leased practically a million hectares in Africa |
