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For the purpose pf this report the Oceania Region was Organized by the regional vice chairs to contain 25 chapters conspiring 15 Sea turtle Regional Management Unit

Five turtle species from seven regional management units (RMUs) inhabit the waters of 12 different countries in the East Pacific (EP) Ocean region.

The world wildlife fund warned in a new report, Living Planet Reports 2020, that the world wildlife populations have fallen by an average 68% in just over four decades - that simply constitutes the adult life of many of us.

To measure the degree to which this was achieved, we used expert elicitation to estimate the number of bird and mammal species whose extinctions were prevented by conservation action in 1993-2020.

The MPA guide refines existing language and captures a shared vision to describe MPAs and the conservation outcomes they provide.

Following the Australian bush fire beginning of 2020, 34 people lost their lives as well as many homes and properties in this bush fire and a vast number of wild and domestic animals. Climate change that was driven by unequalled scorching summer together with a prolonged drought rages into catastrophic fires in the eastern of Australia. This severe summer heat is taking a toll on the Great Barrier Reef. In addition of this year's tragedy events, the outbreak of the COVID-19 is causing a havoc around the world. This virus/disease causing the world to go into pandemic mode. So here at SPREP some of the meetings, conferences are postpones until further notice.

We humans heavily depend on nature the web of life, gives us food we eat, filters the water we drink, and supplies the air we breathe. Nature is important for our mental and physical well-being, as it is for our society's ability to cope with global change, health threats and disasters. We need nature in our lives!.

A green infrastructure strategy can provide necessary skills and wages to draw down our environmental deficit, through replanting mangroves and watersheds, removing invasive species, upgrading and rewilding our conservation areas, building fire breaks and restoring damaged areas by wildfire in natural forests, restoring shorelines, rebuilding tourism infrastructure to minimize environmental impacts and installing better waste waste management and energy systems.

Ocean and Coastal states around the world are increasingly seeking to better utilize and benefit from their ocean environments, which can be vast in comparison to their land areas. Conflicting human uses, a changing climate, and a desire to ensure long term sustainability compound the challenge to grow a robust "blue economy".

This is a newsletter about what has been happening lately around the globe. From bushfires in Australia to COVID-19 pandemic and then to Tropical cyclone Harold that hit our neigbhouring countries (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and Solomon Island). Mainly these problems are caused by climate change around the world which affects the health of people and their environment that they live in.