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  • Tamarin Trust’s conservation impact

    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…

  • First birth in new buffy-headed marmoset breeding programme

    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…

  • Video update: Helping golden-headed lion tamarins at risk in Bahia

    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.…

  • Hear directly from participants on our primate conservation husbandry workshop in Brazil

    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…

  • Tamarin Trust’s partners say thank you for your support

    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…

  • Thank you so much for your support for Tamarin Trust

    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…

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