Sentences with phrase «populations were in decline»

At its last meeting, in 2005, the group concluded that five populations were in decline.

Since late February, researchers from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Lincoln Park Zoo have been monitoring levels of cortisol (known as the stress hormone) in three species that have been reintroduced or restored by the forest preserve: wood frogs (designated as «in great need of conservation» in Illinois); spotted salamanders, a rare species for northeastern Illinois; and spring peepers, a frog species whose local populations are in decline.

Shedd Aquarium has teamed up with the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) as part of a group of conservation organizations (collectively known as partners in «conchservation») studying queen conch, Lobatus gigas, in The Bahamas to understand why local populations are in decline.

African wild dogs are one of the world's most endangered carnivores and their populations are in decline, with estimates suggesting that fewer than 700 packs currently remain in the wild.

But monarch populations are in decline, so more information about where they breed is important for their conservation, Flockhart said.

Many sea turtle populations are in decline and climate change is expected to exacerbate these declines because turtle eggs are vulnerable to high temperatures.

By your logic Willis with those droughts in Africa we really donâ $ ™ t need to do anything until those populations are in decline, we should still enter structurally unsafe buildings, - there are still standing after all - nor should be prepare for a potential bird pandemic hasnâ $ ™ t happened, no need to worry till it does.

Worldwide, shark populations are in decline due to unregulated fishing, much of it to meet the high demand for fins.

only 2 of the 17 populations are in decline, the rest are stable or growing.

And so, along with scientists who believe the bears are severely threatened, the producers also interviewed Mitch Taylor, a Canadian expert on polar bears who doesn't believe the bears are endangered (he says only two of the 19 polar bear populations are in decline; the program itself said half are in decline) and doesn't believe global warming is primarily human - caused or potentially catastrophic.

Fewer populations are in decline than in 2010 (only one, officially) and only six are data deficient (down from nine).

Not exact matches

«General Mills» decision to draw attention to the issue of declining bee populations marks the continuation of its commitment to purpose - based marketing, which means brands will go beyond traditional statements such as product benefit in order to align with what's really important to consumers,» Cossette chief creative officer Peter Ignazi told AdWeek.

The bee population has been declining in the past few decades — 700 bee species are heading toward extinction — due to changes in agricultural processes, habitat loss, and pesticides.

Given Europe's low birthrate and coming decline in the working - age population, «the kids are going to pay through the nose.»

In particular, «agricultural commodities are supported by the dynamics of water shortages in Asia and the Western United States, the declining payback from the green revolution in terms of improving crop yields and the increasing demand from Asia for a diet based more on grains and meat as the population becomes wealthier,» the group responded by e-maiIn particular, «agricultural commodities are supported by the dynamics of water shortages in Asia and the Western United States, the declining payback from the green revolution in terms of improving crop yields and the increasing demand from Asia for a diet based more on grains and meat as the population becomes wealthier,» the group responded by e-maiin Asia and the Western United States, the declining payback from the green revolution in terms of improving crop yields and the increasing demand from Asia for a diet based more on grains and meat as the population becomes wealthier,» the group responded by e-maiin terms of improving crop yields and the increasing demand from Asia for a diet based more on grains and meat as the population becomes wealthier,» the group responded by e-mail.

The BRIC's worst economic performer thus far in 2009, Russia is overly reliant on energy, has a declining and aging population with Third World mortality rates and an authoritarian government too willing to intervene in its economy to the detriment of investors.

This is the city's first decline in population in 26 years.

Aging populations and the ongoing decline in direct care workers means this strain is only getting worse.

That means fewer workers to support the ever - expanding population of elderly: The number of people in the workforce is expected to decline by about 20 % to 63.4 million in 2035.

In Italy, however, despite facing the same problem of a declining population — in 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctancIn Italy, however, despite facing the same problem of a declining population — in 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctancin 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctancin 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctance.

It also says immigration to Halifax hit an eight - year low last year and that the weak population growth in 2013 was due to declining immigration and a large spike in residents moving west to other provinces.

Since the mid-1990s, there has been a modest decline in the incomes of the older population compared to the prime age population.

In this one lunch alone, we covered electric cars, climate change, artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, consciousness, reusable rockets, colonizing Mars, creating an atmosphere on Mars, voting on Mars, genetic programming, his kids, population decline, physics vs. engineering, Edison vs. Tesla, solar power, a carbon tax, the definition of a company, warping spacetime and how this isn't actually something you can do, nanobots in your bloodstream and how this isn't actually something you can do, Galileo, Shakespeare, the American forefathers, Henry Ford, Isaac Newton, satellites, and ice ageIn this one lunch alone, we covered electric cars, climate change, artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, consciousness, reusable rockets, colonizing Mars, creating an atmosphere on Mars, voting on Mars, genetic programming, his kids, population decline, physics vs. engineering, Edison vs. Tesla, solar power, a carbon tax, the definition of a company, warping spacetime and how this isn't actually something you can do, nanobots in your bloodstream and how this isn't actually something you can do, Galileo, Shakespeare, the American forefathers, Henry Ford, Isaac Newton, satellites, and ice agein your bloodstream and how this isn't actually something you can do, Galileo, Shakespeare, the American forefathers, Henry Ford, Isaac Newton, satellites, and ice ages.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

Furthermore, it is not clear that wages in the Russian Far East are lower than wages in northeastern China, and the declining Russian population has raised concerns over the supply of labor and the true potential of the domestic market.

Entire populations within currency zones can literally nuke themselves to the verge of oblivion, and yet a portfolio that is maximally diversified in the investments of that territory, will never experience a nominal decline, since the return of such a portfolio is a function of aggregate revenues, which by definition is on a fixed growth path.

In the final analysis, the important question is not what «special factors» might have pushed up particular CPI elements in this country or that, but whether the populations of our various countries have confidence in inflation declining again once the shocks have passeIn the final analysis, the important question is not what «special factors» might have pushed up particular CPI elements in this country or that, but whether the populations of our various countries have confidence in inflation declining again once the shocks have passein this country or that, but whether the populations of our various countries have confidence in inflation declining again once the shocks have passein inflation declining again once the shocks have passed.

In turn, this decline is being driven primarily by the aging of our population, which is slowing the rate of growth of the labour force.

In South Carolina, for example, 20 % of the population was reported as having weak, struggling, or declining credit situations - that is had a credit bill that was 60 days or more overdue.

There's also the chance that the decline in investment is structural and linked to population aging.

«We're seeing such declines in our population.

China's working - age population aged 15 - 64 is set to decline from 2016 with numbers shrinking by 11 million in 2015 - 2020 — equivalent to the population of Greece.

Changes in the flows of interstate migration are generally associated with relative employment opportunities and housing affordability; consistent with this, the sharpest fall in population growth in NSW coincided with a pronounced decline in the state's relative housing affordability and employment growth.

The decline in the employment - to - population ratio for 25 to 54 year olds has been offset to some degree by rising employment rates for those 55 and older, helping to close the jobs gap.1 Since November 2007, the overall labor force participation rate has fallen from 66.0 percent to 62.9 percent.

While Christianity has declined in Europe and has only held its own (at best) in North America, it has been growing at many times the rate of population in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

yes, Europe is in decline, but not nearly compared to the rate of growth in Africa & Asia — which is where the world population growth is as well.

I am reminded of accounts of sexual boredom and rapidly declining birth rates among secularized Soviet citizens, whereas the thriving Muslim populations in the southern USSR spoke openly of their inexorable «victory in the bedroom.»

The tallest land animal was officially classified as «vulnerable» after its population rapidly declined 40 percent in only 30 years worldwide.

There would seem to be a connection between the grimness of the story and the rather bleak British landscape in which it is set — where the Catholic population and vocations have declined so dramatically.

The forces disestablishing marriage in Western societies are so overwhelming and intractable that all efforts to stop or slow the decline will appear moralistic and coercive to the general population.

Over the past century, Christian populations in the West have either been holding steady or declining, while in Africa, Asia and Latin the numbers have been rising significantly.

A capsule of his findings would include the following facts: Over the past century, Christian populations in the West have either been holding steady or declining, while in Africa, Asia and Latin America — the «global South» in current geopolitical coinage — the numbers have been rising significantly and in some cases dramatically.

The church is declining in numbers even as the population numbers expand.

Scott estimates that the proportion of Mexican citizens without even a concept of the nation has declined from 90 percent in 1910 to 25 percent in 1963.44 Inasmuch as the population nearly tripled during that period, the expansion of nationalistic sentiment has been enormous.

Christianity is fading in all of Europe except Poland, and Poland's startling rate of population decline does not bode well for the future.

Here in the U.S., half the population is now invested in the market, so much so that the AFL - CIO declined to sign onto the post-Enron anti-401 (k) campaign because the message from the rank - and - file was loud and clear: they like owning their retirement plans.

He is correct that we must hope in the very long run that human population will decline by such means.

Being the poor custodians of our planet, as we have proven ourselves to be, we have no right to expect more than a couple more centuries before the expected serious decline in the human population sets in.

In the two regions where population growth is fastest, Africa and Latin America, it is declining.

Yet, while exact statistics are lacking, by the end of the century the percentage of the population attending public worship, although larger than in Germany, appears to have declined from the level of the mid-century.