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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 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 very essential to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br>
+<br>He is among the numerous individuals [opposed](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to the creation of a large biofuel plantation in the area, 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 people along with internationally threatened animal and bird types.<br>
+<br>Ambitious goals<br>
+<br>An Italian company has actually asked the authorities for permission to lease 50,000 [hectares](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be become [bio-diesel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
+<br>This plant, originally from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to stay out animals - goats stay well away as it is toxic. The location impacted is neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the [regional council](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
+<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br>
+<br>It has actually rented nearly a million hectares in Africa