An allegedly Manipuri image showing two perspectives of the same location at different times has gone viral, depicting what appears to be deforestation caused by the Kuki community in Manipur after they settled in the area.
@leninkhumancha tweeted “Manipur Hills: Before Kuki & After Kuki See the difference @UN @EUCouncil @WHO @BBCWorld @jk_rowling@rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @nytimes @timesofindia @htTweets @the_hindu @htTweets @PIB_India @PTI_News @aajtak @UNFCCC @WorldBank @fores” on Feb 26, 2024.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The image originates from Brazil, specifically from the state of Minas Gerais. The owners of the photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado have restored a 1,750-acre forest, turning it from a desolate land into an exotic haven and tropical paradise for wildlife. This image is from Brazil and tells a completely different story. The Kuki and Manipur are unrelated to it.
We visited dailymail.co.uk, which published an article on this incident on June 3, 2019 with the headline “Brazilian couple spends 20 years planting millions of trees on a barren cattle ranch to create a 1,750-acre paradise for animals pushed out by deforestation”. For more clarification, we also went to odditycentral.com, which wrote about this incident on April 24, 2019 with the heading “The Brazilian Couple Who Brought a Dead Subtropical Rainforest Back to Life”.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: An image that features two views of the same place at different times has been shared, claiming to be from Manipur and projected as deforestation by the Kuki community after their settlement in the region. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/kuVae92dsM
Intent:
Influencers are circulating old images from Brazil claiming to be from Manipur to set their narrative over the unrest in the state. An image that features two views of the same place at different times has been shared, claiming to be from Manipur and projected as deforestation by the Kuki community after their settlement in the region. This picture actually comes from Brazil, where 1,750 acres of forest were planted by Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado to turn an otherwise barren area of the state of Minas Gerais into a tropical animal paradise. The picture is from Brazil and tells an entirely different tale. It is unrelated to Manipur and the Kuki.
Conclusion:
Claim : One picture purporting to be from Manipur shows two perspectives of the same location at different points in time, with the Kuki community’s subsequent settlement in the area being depicted as deforestation.
Fact : Fact is that this image is from Brazil, where Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado & his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado have replanted a 1,750-acre forest to transform a barren plot of land in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state into a tropical paradise for animals. The image is from Brazil and has a totally opposite story. It has nothing to do with the Kuki and Manipur.
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