The atlas shows that, despite the dedicated efforts of many individuals and organizations, the great apes all fall into the endangered or critically endangered categories of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List.

Despite the abolition of the censorship board a few years ago, journalists still face a lot of challenges.

Various online efforts are being made to combat the media's narrow view of Yemen.

The opportunity to bolster Berdymukhamedov s reform efforts, however halting they may be, should be seized.

Despite the New York Times' and Vanity Fair's best efforts recently, they're not brothers.

This is unfortunate, because, despite its problems, the EU does have much to offer.

In spite of these efforts, the main inventory of the air force consists of Soviet made aircraft.

Despite the vast destruction the country experienced during World War II, Poland managed to preserve much of its cultural wealth.

In December 1866, the last of the French troops departed from Rome, in spite of the efforts of the pope to retain them.

Fortunately, building the capacity of civil society is as cheap as it is important.

Although much remains to be done, international agencies have made commendable efforts in responding to the needs of the refugees for food, water, sanitation, health and education.

Such prospects make continued diplomacy, however elusive the prospects of success, nothing short of mandatory.

Although it's being anticipated, I still feel the (two month) period is a little too long, and it will bring a lot of inconvenience to the people.

For this reason, much effort is expended in trying to understand the physics of these components.

Completion of either of these projects would do much to transform this region, although it could have devastating consequences on the fragile environment.

Despite the proliferation of certification schemes, however, very little ground has been covered in terms of creating a critical mass of companies that have been certified.

Notwithstanding some worthwhile gains in the past decade, much needs to be done to reach a satisfactory level of preparedness.

Despite those encouraging figures, it is clear that more efforts are needed.

Obama s efforts to stabilize the banking system, it almost pains me to acknowledge, succeeded despite themselves.

Admirable as these collective efforts may be, they are simply not sufficient.

He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture, although many scholars have bestowed that title upon Andrew Jackson Downing.

In spite of all measures taken to accelerate the proceedings, cases still appear to be time consuming.

Despite its failures, the UN is probably still the best placed organization to oversee such efforts.

Many of these efforts have had interesting results, which should be carefully assessed.

Even though the majority of the population now lives in cities, much of New Zealand's art, literature, film and humour has rural themes.

Despite all efforts, however, the previous year had not seen a substantial reduction of conflict induced internally displaced persons.

Cuba is making efforts despite being a country of scarce resources and having been subjected to a strict economic, commercial and financial embargo for more than four decades.

3. Also notes with deep concern that, while some efforts have been made in the prevention and settlement of conflicts, such efforts have not often brought positive results

Despite technological efforts to contain or eliminate their presence on social media, ISIS has amassed substantial power online.

But, while other politicians do not regard these matters as politically important, they mean a lot to most ordinary citizens.

After several years in retreat, Longchenpa attracted more and more students, even though he had spent nearly all of his life in mountain caves.

Yet, the international community, despite the consistent efforts it has made, has always encountered enormous difficulties in tackling this problem.

Even though more and more communities are beginning to discover the possibilities of sharing their language online, much more can be done to raise awareness and highlight these efforts.

Despite the Bush campaign's efforts at spin control, the situation in Iraq is dire.

Many of Holly's best and most polished efforts were produced at the Clovis studio.

On the whole, the Carthaginians managed to maintain the balance of power in Hispania despite the efforts of the Scipios, but failed to send any aid to Hannibal.

It was regrettable that a number of the desired outcomes had not been achieved, despite the efforts of the Quartet and all concerned parties.

Yet, despite their rhetorical commitments to completing the Doha round, neither the US nor any other economic power has done much to move it forward.

While some of Istanbul's history is UNESCO protected, much of it is vulnerable to redevelopment drives.

Although much had been achieved, there should be a renewed commitment to the implementation of the commitments made at both the national and international levels.

This undermines the potency of monetary policy notwithstanding bold and imaginative efforts by the Bank of Japan to inject liquidity into the economy.

Daunting as the effort would be, its advocates assumed a sustainable political consensus to support it.

Despite these efforts, Madagascar is faced with certain weaknesses that hinder improvement in health indicators.

Despite the Chairman's efforts, it was not possible to reach an overall agreement on those issues.

As oil prices rise, these countries dependence on the oil sector increases, despite all efforts to diversify their economies.