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General news about the charity.
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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
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Tamarin Trust helps with rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of golden-headed lion tamarin in Bahia
Several weeks ago, at the edge of a fragment of Atlantic Forest just outside the city of Ilhéus in Bahia, Brazil, a young female golden-headed lion tamarin was found alone and desperately weak beside a busy road. It was a situation that could so easily have ended in tragedy. Fortunately, kind-hearted local people stopped when… Read more
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Opportunity to Create a Conservation Stronghold for the Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset
Near Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, an important opportunity exists to establish a permanent conservation centre for the critically threatened buffy-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix aurita). Located adjacent to the mountains of Teresópolis Municipal Natural Park, Saíra Azul Farm lies within one of the Atlantic Forest’s most important conservation landscapes. The property already has substantial infrastructure, including accommodation for researchers… Read more
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Video: Planning to bring marmosets back to the Serra Negra
One of the actions that will be necessary for the conservation of the buffy tufted-ear marmosets is the translocation of isolated and critically threatened groups. Many marmoset populations now survive in highly degraded forest fragments or in small, isolated patches of habitat where they are barely managing to persist. To prevent these populations from disappearing, translocation… Read more
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Hope for Mountain Marmosets: Rare Primate Could Return to Serra Negra Forests
After months of fieldwork in the forests of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, in what little remains of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, researchers believe that the endangered buffy-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix aurita) could one day return to this beautiful forest reserve. Supported by Tamarin Trust with generous help from the Balcombe Charitable Trust, Rodrigo Carvalho and his team from the Mountain Marmoset… Read more