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+<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) growth<br>
+<br>23 March 2011<br>
+<br>By Will Ross<br>
+<br>BBC News, Dakatcha<br>
+<br>Sitting in the shade of a tree beside his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.<br>
+<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it suggests shedding blood," he informed the BBC.<br>
+<br>"Land is really crucial to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br>
+<br>He is among the numerous people opposed to the production of a large biofuel plantation in the area, about an hour's drive inland from the seaside town of Malindi.<br>
+<br>It is an arid location and home to some 20,000 people as well as internationally threatened animal and bird species.<br>
+<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
+<br>An Italian business has asked the authorities for permission to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be developed into bio-diesel.<br>
+<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 neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the local council.<br>
+<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove [Iniziative](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Industriali SRL.<br>
+<br>It has actually rented nearly a million hectares in Africa