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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>Being in the shade of a tree beside his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua [Kahindi Pekeshe](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) is bold.<br>
+<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it implies 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 many people opposed to the creation 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.<br>
+<br>It is a dry area and home to some 20,000 people along with internationally threatened animal and bird species.<br>
+<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
+<br>An Italian business has actually asked the authorities for authorization to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be developed into bio-diesel.<br>
+<br>This plant, originally from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats stay well away as it is dangerous. The location impacted is neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the local council.<br>
+<br>Kenya [Jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative .<br>
+<br>It has actually rented nearly a million hectares in Africa