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[Kenyans fear](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Dakatcha Woodlands [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) expansion
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23 March 2011
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By Will Ross
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BBC News, Dakatcha
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Sitting in the shade of a tree next to his thatched mud hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, [Joshua Kahindi](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [Pekeshe](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) is bold.
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"We are not going to let this land go even if it indicates shedding blood," he told the BBC.
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"Land is very essential to us. We farm and get our income from it. On this land we bury our dead."
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He is among the lots of people opposed to the development of a large [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) plantation in the area, about an hour's drive inland from the seaside town of Malindi.
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It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 people in addition to internationally threatened animal and bird types.
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[Ambitious](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) objectives
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An Italian company has asked the authorities for authorization to rent 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be become bio-diesel.
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This plant, originally from South America, has long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats remain well away as it is dangerous. The location impacted is [community land](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which is being held in trust by the local council.
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Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.
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It has leased practically a million hectares in Africa \ No newline at end of file