Saving the world’s smallest monkeys from extinctionTamarin Trust supports Mountain Marmosets Conservation Programme (MMCP)
Tamarin Trust has recently funded camera traps for vital survey work on the buffy-tufted-ear marmoset being carried out by Rodrigo de Carvalho (above right), founder of the Mountain Marmosets Conservation Programme, around the city of Teresopolis. The traps will be regularly monitored so that Rodrigo can find out where these endangered marmosets still survive, and…
Pied tamarin rescue centre workshop in November
In November, Tamarin Trust’s Dom Wormell will be co-leading a workshop in Manaus with ICMBio focused on the care of rescued pied tamarins in the city at the CETAS rescue centre and the CIGS zoo. The workshop is being funded by Toledo Zoo in the USA and staff from both Toledo Zoo and Apenheul in…
Golden-headed lion tamarin to become city’s symbol
The muncipality of Iheus in the Brazilian state of Bahia has approved a draft law to make the golden-headed lion tamarin, or Bahian lion tamarin, the city’s official symbol. March 26 will be Bahian Lion Tamarin Day. This follows on from the recent naming of the buffy-headed marmoset as part of the municipality of Portiuncula’s…
Town declares “mountain marmoset day”
The municipality of Portiuncula in Brazil has passed a law naming the buffy-headed marmoset as part of its biodiversity heritage, and declared June 17th as the annual “Mountain Marmoset Day”. The area’s public authorities aim to use this special day as a focus for information and education about the mountain marmosets’ conservation and ecosystem. The…
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva signs new pied tamarin reserve into law
On 6 June 2024, President Lula da Silva of Brazil signed a new 15,000 hectare reserve into law. This reserve will protect part of the remaining population of the pied tamarin, and is a huge achievement for Brazilian conservationists working with this critically endangered species. Lula signed the decree on International Environment Day, and at…
Mountain marmoset documentary
This documentary will follow Brazilian and UK conservationists as they search for the remaining groups of buffy-headed marmosets and rescue any that are in imminent danger. It will document the first steps in setting up a breeding progamme in Brazil for these monkeys, hopefully recording the first captive-born infants. The documentary will be produced in…