{"id":902641,"date":"2026-03-31T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=498649"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:00:00","slug":"manipur-ethnic-conflict-and-governance-gaps-deepen-ecological-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/03\/31\/manipur-ethnic-conflict-and-governance-gaps-deepen-ecological-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: Ethnic conflict and governance gaps deepen ecological crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Manipur ethnic conflict\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"Manipur ethnic conflict\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-12-7.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Written by: Gojesh Konsam Across Manipur, in folktales such as&#160;Kabok ki Nong,&#160;Gakripu,&#160;and&#160;Chhinlung,&#160;traditional communities share a common message that the land sustains life and often warns before it breaks. Recognising this relationship between the people and their land helps frame Manipur\u2019s ecological story. The Jewel of India, Manipur, is situated 700-900 kilometres beyond the Siliguri Corridor, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/environment\/manipur-ethnic-conflict-and-governance-gaps-deepen-ecological-crisis.html\">Manipur: Ethnic conflict and governance gaps deepen ecological crisis<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/environment\/manipur-ethnic-conflict-and-governance-gaps-deepen-ecological-crisis.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/environment\/manipur-ethnic-conflict-and-governance-gaps-deepen-ecological-crisis.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: Gojesh Konsam Across Manipur, in folktales such as&#160;Kabok ki Nong,&#160;Gakripu,&#160;and&#160;Chhinlung,&#160;traditional communities share a common message that the land sustains life and often warns before it breaks. Recognising th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[465,34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-902641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-environment","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902641"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902750,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902641\/revisions\/902750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}