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Kenyans fear Dakatcha [Woodlands biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) growth
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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 implies shedding blood," he informed the BBC.
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"Land is very essential 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 production of a large [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the [coastal town](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of Malindi.
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It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 people as well as internationally threatened animal and bird species.
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Ambitious objectives
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An Italian business has asked the authorities for approval to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be become bio-diesel.
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This plant, initially from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats remain well away as it is harmful. The area affected is community land which is being held in trust by the regional council.
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Kenya Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.
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It has actually rented nearly a million hectares in Africa \ No newline at end of file