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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) expansion<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 hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua [Kahindi Pekeshe](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) is defiant.<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 extremely essential to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br> |
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<br>He is among the many individuals opposed to the production of a large [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.<br> |
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<br>It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 individuals along with worldwide threatened animal and bird types.<br> |
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<br>Ambitious objectives<br> |
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<br>An Italian business has asked the authorities for approval to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.<br> |
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<br>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 harmful. The location affected is community land which is being kept in trust by the local council.<br> |
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<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> |
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<br>It has leased nearly a million hectares in Africa |
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