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+<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) expansion<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 means 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 one of the numerous individuals opposed to the creation of a big [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 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 individuals in addition to globally threatened animal and bird types.<br>
+<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
+<br>An Italian business has actually asked the [authorities](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) for approval to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price), 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 keep out animals - goats stay well away as it is harmful. The area affected is neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the local council.<br>
+<br>Kenya [Jatropha](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br>
+<br>It has leased practically a million hectares in Africa