Saving the world’s smallest monkeys from extinctionCategory: News
General news about the charity.
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A very special success story: Three new litters of buffy-headed marmosets
We are delighted to share some really wonderful news from the conservation breeding programme at the Marmoset Centre at the Federal University of Vicosa, Minas Gerrais. Several incredibly important births have taken place in recent weeks among buffy-headed marmosets (Callithrix flaviceps), one of the rarest and most threatened primates in the world. Earlier this year,… Read more
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Amazon fires in pied tamarin reserve extinguished
The news from Manaus in the Amazon has been worrying. Fires broke out in the Pied Tamarin Reserve, established just two years ago as the first-ever reserve dedicated to the conservation of the “monkey of Manaus”. Covering 13,000 hectares to the north-east of Manaus, this is a vital area of pristine forest, providing precious habitat… Read more
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Surviving on hand-outs in gardens – a trapped group of buffy-tufted-ear marmosets hangs on in Cordeiro city, Brazil
Tamarin Trust is working with our partners, the Mountain Marmoset Conservation Programme, MMCP, to rescue a family group of buffy-tufted ear-marmosets in Cordeiro city, Rio de Janeiro state, and help them return to a life in the forest. During recent surveys to find the last pure populations of buffy-tufted-ear marmosets, Rodrigo Carvalho, project leader of… Read more
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More success breeding buffy-tufted-ear marmosets in Brazil
Sapucaia do Sul zoo in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, has welcomed its first buffy-tufted-ear marmoset twins. This is wonderful news for the growth of the conservation assurance programme in Brazil, an important part of the conservation strategy for this threatened species of marmoset. The programme helps to ensure that the marmosets will… Read more
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Saving the pied tamarin: A visit to Manaus
In his latest update from his recent visit to Brazil, Tamarin Trust founder Dom Wormell reports on the project to save the pied tamarin. We arrived at a small patch of scrubby urban forest running alongside the Mindu River, which still cuts its way through Manaus. Even before getting out of the car, you could… Read more
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ASZK raises over £2000 for Tamarin Trust to build tamarin bridge
We are incredibly grateful to the Australasian Society of Zookeeping (ASZK), which has raised $4,000 Australian dollars – over £2000 – for Tamarin Trust through the 2026 ASZK Neotropical Primate Conference. The funds will be used to support vital conservation work for callitrichid species in Brazil. On 10th September, 112 keepers from around the world… Read more
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Estrada the rescued golden-headed lion tamarin: Latest update
Good news! Estrada, the rescued golden-headed lion tamarin, continues to do well after release. She was found a few days ago with a male from another tamarin group. It looks like she is trying to find a new territory with her new mate away from her family group. Estrada was probably evicted from her original… Read more
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New video: Interviews with mountain marmoset conservationists
We have just put together a short documentary about the conservation work being carried out to conserve the last populations of buffy tufted-ear marmosets, and their habitats. Tamarin Trust supports and works with the Mountain Marmoset Conservation Programme in Brazil and we have put together a series of interviews with the passionate people working to… Read more
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Tamarins engulfed by the city: A visit to the project to save golden-headed lion tamarins
Dom Wormell, founder of Tamarin Trust, in his first project update from his recent trip to Brazil, reports on a visit to the home of the golden-headed lion tamarin in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, where tamarins are living in an increasingly fragmented habitat and face daily dangers on roads and power lines. One of Tamarin Trust’s… Read more
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Brazil field visit: hopes, challenges and a future for threatened tamarins and marmosets
Dom Wormell, founder of Tamarin Trust, has just got back from a trip to Brazil to meet up with our partners and see how the projects we support are doing. In this post, both Dom and Tamarin Trust supporter Quentin Bloxam, who went along too, talk about what they saw and their hopes for the… Read more