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+<br>Kenyans fear [Dakatcha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) Woodlands biofuel 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 next to his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is bold.<br>
+<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it indicates shedding blood," he told the BBC.<br>
+<br>"Land is very important to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br>
+<br>He is among the numerous individuals opposed to the production of a large biofuel plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.<br>
+<br>It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 people along with internationally threatened animal and bird types.<br>
+<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
+<br>An Italian company has asked the authorities for approval to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.<br>
+<br>This plant, initially 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 area impacted is [neighborhood land](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) which is being held in trust by the local council.<br>
+<br>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.<br>
+<br>It has actually leased almost a million hectares in Africa