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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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