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+<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) growth<br>
+<br>23 March 2011<br>
+<br>By Will Ross<br>
+<br>BBC News, Dakatcha<br>
+<br>Being 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 implies shedding blood," he informed the BBC.<br>
+<br>"Land is extremely essential to us. We farm and get our income from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br>
+<br>He is among the lots of people opposed to the production of a big [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the seaside town of Malindi.<br>
+<br>It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 individuals in addition to worldwide threatened animal and bird species.<br>
+<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
+<br>An Italian company has asked the authorities for approval to lease 50,000 [hectares](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.<br>
+<br>This plant, [initially](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to stay out animals - goats remain well away as it is harmful. The location impacted is community land which is being held in trust by the [regional council](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br>
+<br>Kenya [Jatropha](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 practically a million hectares in Africa