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How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on the pictures and came across a report from the British tabloid Metro on 4 May 2019.
The article carried images and it matched the photograph showing the barren land in the viral post.
It also mentioned that photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado and his wife Lélia replanted trees in nearly 1,754-acre plot of land and transformed it into the lush green forest as before.
Salgado returned to Brazil in the Minas Gerais region and decided to take this step nearly 30 years ago.
This was also reported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
He also founded Instituto Terra, a non-profit civil organization, in April 1998.
We found the location on maps: We checked Google maps and Earth with Instituto Terra and the location matched the viral images.
Conclusion: Images from Brazil are being falsely shared as from Manipur with a claim that they show the difference between the condition of hills before and after Kuki's arrival.
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