One of the main topics of this year's UN General Assembly is, once again, a call to preserve the planet’s biological diversity and promote food security.

Among the world’s many climate initiatives, a new project in Rio de Janeiro is helping fishermen whose livelihoods threatened by pollution. Instead of fish, some are now fishing for waste. 

CGTN’s Lucrecia Franco reports.

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