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A list of valuable endangered species

The Associated Press Published Saturday, July 28, 2012 9:35AM EDT

In this Aug.1, 2010 file photo, a greater one horned rhino eats water plants from a river in Janakauli community forest bordering Chitwan National Park, about 70 kilometers southwest of Katmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

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UN conservation delegates at a weeklong CITES meeting in Geneva have approved sanctions against seven nations -- Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Paraguay, Nepal, Rwanda, Solomon Islands and Syria -- if they do not either strengthen their laws or provide national reports that are required of them before October 1.

Here are some of the more valuable species found in those countries that conservationists worry about:

ComorosIslands: Lemurs, a rare and exotic species.

Guinea-Bissau: Marine turtles, manatees and chimpanzees.

Paraguay: Jaguars, tamarins and forestland.

Nepal: Tigers, rhinos, elephants, snow leopards and red pandas.

Rwanda: Mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, black rhinos Solomon Islands: Parrots, cockatoos and other wild birds.

Syria: Lizards, snakes, parrots, ibis, flamingos and other birds.