The phrase "a consequence of declining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the result or effect of a decrease in something, such as resources, population, or quality.
Example: "The increase in health issues is a consequence of declining physical activity among the population."
Alternatives: "a result of decreasing" or "an outcome of diminishing".
Growing debt among college students is largely a consequence of declining public support for higher education.
The decline was a consequence of declining birthrates, a higher death rate, and a relatively high rate of infant mortality.
Jay Rosen, a blogger and professor of journalism at New York University, said that sites like the Politicker are partly a consequence of declining investments in newsgathering by local newspapers and television stations.
The demographic bulge of Mexican men in their teens and early 20s who flocked illegally to the United States from the 1990s until the Great Recession has petered out, in part a consequence of declining Mexican fertility since the 1970s.
It was widely rumoured that, as a consequence of declining circulation, febrile competition, weak regulation and an historic culture of rule-breaking, behaviour such as phone-hacking and paying police for tip-offs had become rife in some tabloids.
This increased risk may be a consequence of declining lung function in patients with diabetes.
We speculate that the reduced coral cover recorded on Saba Bank in 2007 may be a consequence of declines following the 2005 coral bleaching event that severely impacted reefs in the northern Caribbean [30].
However, we speculate that the large differences in early outcome in our subjects are likely driven by underlying frailty in the older population, which is characterized by vulnerability to acute stressors and is a consequence of decline in overall function and physiologic reserve [35].
Age-related metabolic dysfunction may be a consequence of declines in subcutaneous preadipocyte functional capacity, potentially due to increased inflammation and senescent cell accumulation [ 28, 42].
The collapse of demersal, shellfish and seaweed fisheries in the Black Sea, except for certain local areas, can be seen as a consequence of declines in oxygen levels in bottom water due to eutrophication, especially over the northwest shelf.
He also had a star placed in his honour on Bucharest's Celebrities Alley Walk of Fame in June 2012, but he was unable to attend the ceremony as a consequence of his declining health.
