Youth Voice | Nurul Hasnat Ove: Step for Ocean Protects Ecosystems via Youth-Led Plastic Collection & Reforestation

Nurul Hasnat Ove from Bangladesh leads the "Step for Ocean" project, an initiative focused on protecting aquatic ecosystems and land-based environments. At the 2025 Acceleration Week for Global Youth Development, he shared that the program mobilizes communities, especially youth, to collect plastic waste from oceans and rivers. The collected plastic is then sold to generate funds, which are used to finance the planting of at least one million trees across the country.(Camera: Gao Rongjian, He Yao; Editor: Daijing)