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Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) 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 beside his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is bold.
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"We are not going to let this land go even if it means shedding blood," he informed the BBC.
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"Land is very crucial to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."
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He is among the lots of people opposed to the production of a big biofuel 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 people along with worldwide threatened animal and bird types.
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Ambitious goals
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An Italian business has asked the authorities for consent to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be developed into bio-diesel.
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This plant, originally from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats stay well away as it is dangerous. The area affected is neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the [regional council](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).
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Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.
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It has actually leased almost a million hectares in Africa \ No newline at end of file