11.   Its Catholic majority dominates life in much of the city they call Derry, while its dwindling British Protestant population has retreated east across the River Foyle.

12.   The aid serves as life-support for the dwindling Russian population that might otherwise shrivel to a tiny group of border guards and die-hard fishermen.

13.   The main reasons cited for the dwindling populations are overfishing, low population growth and habitat destruction from industrial pollution and sewage.

14.   But they are confronted by challenges of modern development at their doorstep, a jungle shrinking through logging and land clearance, and a dwindling population.