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Kenyans fear Dakatcha [Woodlands biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) growth
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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](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) hut in in Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.
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"We are not going to let this land go even if it suggests shedding blood," he informed the BBC.
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"Land is really 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 many people opposed to the development of a large [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) plantation in the area, about an hour's drive inland from the coastal town of Malindi.
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It is an arid area and home to some 20,000 [individuals](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) in addition to internationally threatened animal and bird types.
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Ambitious objectives
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An Italian company has actually asked the authorities for authorization to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048), whose seeds are rich in oil that can be become bio-diesel.
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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 poisonous. The area affected is which is being kept in trust by the regional council.
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Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.
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It has rented almost a million hectares in Africa \ No newline at end of file