|
|
@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>[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<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 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.<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it indicates shedding blood," he told the BBC.<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>"Land is very essential to us. We farm and get our income from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>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.<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 people in addition to internationally threatened animal and bird types.<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>[Ambitious](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) objectives<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>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.<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>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.<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br> |
|
|
|
|
|
<br>It has leased practically a million hectares in Africa |
