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General news about the charity.
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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
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Tamarin Trust’s first trees nearly ready for planting in the Amazon
It is wonderful to see the first saplings that Tamarin Trust’s supporters have funded ready to be planted out. Thank you so much to all of those who have purchased a tree or become a Friend of Tamarin Trust. You have helped ensure that trees essential to the survival of pied tamarins will be grown… Read more
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Marcelo Gordo and his Manaus tree nursery: Saving the pied tamarin and restoring the Amazon at its heart
Walking into Marcelo Gordo’s laboratory, you are immediately struck by the extraordinary treasure trove of seeds from the Amazon rainforest. There is an incredible array of colours and sizes—some microscopic, others large and striking. Over the years, Marcelo has built up remarkable knowledge of how these seeds germinate and how their flowers are pollinated through complex interactions involving insects and other… Read more
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First conservation rehabilitation centre for golden-headed lion tamarins
Thursday 26 March 2026 saw the inauguration of the first conservation rehabilitation centre for the endangered golden headed lion tamarins of Bahia, funded by Tamarin Trust. The centre is based at the State University of Santa Cruz in Ilheus. Golden-headed lion tamarins are facing severe threats as agricultural practices change in their coastal Atlantic forest… Read more