Wild places around the world are home to remarkable rare creatures like the golden lion tamarin. These playful, social primates are a favorite among zoo-goers, and that’s no coincidence — the effort of zoos worldwide to house captive tamarins is actually a vast, coordinated effort to rebuild the population after decades of habitat loss, overhunting, and disease in their native forests of Brazil.
Conservationists are hard at work protecting golden lion tamarins and other wildlife from extinction, and now you can help them from the comfort of your own home.
Grow Trees for Golden Lion Tamarins
Support efforts to create more golden lion tamarin habitat! Golden lion tamarin numbers in the wild are increasing, but to keep that positive momentum going, they will need bigger areas of connected forest. More habitat connectivity ensures that the little primates can roam freely across a wider area and access a greater range of potential mates. The Brazilian conservation organization Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado (AMLD) is hard at work planting trees to connect 25,000 hectares of forest for tamarins within the next two years.
Help plant trees for tamarins by following this link.
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Identify Animals, Help Conservationists
The Instant Wild app shows you live images and videos from habitats around the globe — providing a unique window into some of the world’s wildest places. By tagging the species you see in photos, you can help collect important data for nearly two dozen conservation projects.
Put your animal ID skills to the test at SciStarter.
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