We are very excited to launch our new scheme, Friends of Tamarin Trust. With a small monthly donation, you will enable us to expand our work in South America with tamarins and marmosets. If you become a Friend, a portion of your donation each year will go towards the tree planting initiative we are supporting Read more

Professor Marcelo Gordo at the Conservation Biology Laboratory, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) leads the project to protect the critically endangered pied tamarin in and around the rapidly expanding city of Manaus, where urban growth has caused severe habitat loss and fragmentation. The city now contains a mosaic of small forest fragments separated by roads, Read more

As we come to the end of our first two years, we thought you would be interested to see just how much we have achieved already with your support.  As you can see from the figure below, most of the funds we’ve raised have gone directly to frontline conservation efforts.  We have excellent relationships with Brazilian Read more

In wonderful news, the first birth in the newly established ex-situ conservation breeding programme for the critically endangered buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps), has occurred at the Mountain Marmoset Conservation Centre at Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is certainly the rarest marmoset species on earth, and this birth represents a huge milestone for the future conservation Read more

Here is a quick video update on our collaboration with the Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin Conservation Project. Tamarin Trust is supporting efforts to help this beautiful species in its home state of Bahia, Brazil. These monkeys are at increasing threat from habitat loss, forcing them to cross roads and power lines, and raid shops for food. Read more

In December of 2025, Tamarin Trust, Zoomelhor and our partners in Brazil ran a primate conservation husbandry workshop at Sapucaia zoo, Rio Grande do Sul. We had a hugely positive response and we can now share a video featuring comments from participants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdOgoub2qhg In the video you will hear from Leandro Jerusalinsky, who works with Read more

Our partners in Brazil are very grateful for your support and have sent messages of thanks. Please take a look at the video below: The people you will hear from are: Your help has been incredibly important for all these projects, and together we can continue to secure a future for these wonderful primates. We Read more

At the beginning of a new year, we have been looking back at our achievements since we first started Tamarin Trust. The charity has only been going for a relatively short period of time, but together we have made great progress, helping to strengthen the chances of survival of some of the most threatened tamarins Read more

A high-pitched, searing call pierced the air from behind a towering wall topped with razor wire. It was the unmistakable sound of a mountain marmoset – the buffy-tufted ear marmoset – calling from within a tiny fragment of forest hidden in the heart of the city. We walked along the outside of the wall until Read more