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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…