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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands biofuel expansion<br>
<br>23 March 2011<br>
<br>By Will Ross<br>
<br>BBC News, Dakatcha<br>
<br>Sitting in the shade of a tree next to his thatched mud hut in in [Kenya's Dakatcha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.<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 essential 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 production of a large [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) plantation in the area, about an hour's drive inland from the seaside town of Malindi.<br>
<br>It is a dry location and home to some 20,000 people as well as worldwide threatened animal and bird species.<br>
<br>Ambitious goals<br>
<br>An [Italian company](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) has asked the authorities for approval to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.<br>
<br>This plant, originally from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats stay well away as it is toxic. The location impacted is community land which is being kept in trust by the [regional council](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).<br>
<br>Kenya [Jatropha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br>
<br>It has actually leased nearly a million hectares in Africa
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