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Kenyans fear Dakatcha [Woodlands](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 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 defiant.
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"We are not going to let this land go even if it means shedding blood," he told the BBC.
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"Land is really crucial to us. We farm and get our income 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](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of [Malindi](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).
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It is a dry location and home to some 20,000 people along with internationally threatened animal and bird types.
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Ambitious goals
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An Italian business has actually asked the authorities for permission to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/), whose seeds are rich 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 stay out [animals -](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) goats stay well away as it is toxic. The location affected is [community land](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) which is being held in trust by the [local council](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).
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Kenya [Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.
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It has rented nearly a million hectares in Africa \ No newline at end of file