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<br>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<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>Being in the shade of a tree beside his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.<br> |
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<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it means shedding blood," he told the BBC.<br> |
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<br>"Land is really crucial to us. We farm and get our income from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br> |
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<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 coastal town of [Malindi](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br> |
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<br>It is a dry location and home to some 20,000 people along with internationally threatened animal and bird types.<br> |
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<br>Ambitious goals<br> |
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<br>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.<br> |
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<br>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).<br> |
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<br>Kenya [Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br> |
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<br>It has rented nearly a million hectares in Africa |
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