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<br>Kenyans fear Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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 is bold.<br>
<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it implies shedding blood," he informed the BBC.<br>
<br>"Land is extremely 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 creation of a large [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 an arid location and home to some 20,000 individuals as well as internationally threatened animal and bird types.<br>
<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
<br>An Italian company has actually asked the authorities for permission to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be turned into bio-diesel.<br>
<br>This plant, originally from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to stay out animals - goats stay well away as it is [harmful](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price). The location affected is community land which is being kept in trust by the [local council](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<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 Industriali SRL.<br>
<br>It has actually rented practically a million hectares in Africa