SGLT & AMLD

Save the Golden Lion Tamarin (SGLT) is a United States 501 (c) (3) public charity, created in 2005 by a small group of passionate U.S.-based conservation professionals who have dedicated their careers to golden lion tamarin conservation. Save the Golden Lion Tamarin provides technical and financial support to help Associação Mico-Leão Dourado (AMLD or Golden Lion Tamarin Association) save golden lion tamarins in perpetuity.  Save the Golden Lion Tamarin focuses its efforts to help AMLD achieve the long-term financial stability to retain their competent team to continue their critical work. 

Founders of Save the Golden Lion Tamarin

Save the Golden Lion Tamarin is registered in the state of Maryland as a charitable organization.  We are a lean all-volunteer organization that functions virtually, with a mailing address at the Silver Spring, Maryland home of its treasurer.  The work is accomplished in the Washington D.C. area at the homes and offices of the ten board members and other volunteers, at sites including the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. 

International Recognition

Our work is recognized internationally for its effectiveness in achieving conservation goals, and our competence has also been recognized by several prestigious national and international awards.

  • Endorsed by Saving Nature

  • Secretary of Biodiversity of Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment officially declares August 2 as National Golden Lion Tamarin Day in Brazil (2018)

  • Disney Reverse the Decline Award (2014)

  • Disney Conservation Hero Awards: in 2011 for AMLD’s Metapopulation Management Team, in 2019 for AMLD’s Forest Protection Team, and in 2021 for AMLD Partner Ana Beatriz Cordeiro.

  • St. Andrews Prize for the Environment (2010)

  • Nature 19 November 2009: pp. 266-269

  • National Geographic Society / Buffet Award for Leadership in Latin America (2008)

  • Ford Motor Company Conservation Award – Category Science and Professional Training (2007)

  • Bruno H.Schubert-Stiftung Award - Category Young Scientist (2007)

  • Prêmio Super Ecologia—Category Most Effective Wildlife NGO (2002);

  • Prêmio Muriqui—Man and Biosphere Program (1998)

  • Several service awards from two local municipal governments

Our Mission

1. To protect the Golden Lion Tamarin, a tiny endangered primate, and to protect and restore the globally outstanding biodiversity of its natural habitat, the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Rainforest.

2. To cooperate with other organizations with similar purposes.

3. To enlighten and educate society about preservation of the environment, especially the Atlantic Forest and the Golden Lion Tamarin.

4. To support and promote the efforts of Associação Mico-Leão Dourado (AMLD), a Brazilian non-profit registered under the laws of the City and State of Rio de Janeiro, whose mission is the conservation of the biodiversity of the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest focusing on the long-term protection of the Golden Lion Tamarin in its natural habitat.

Our Partners & Supporters

Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado and Save the Golden Lion Tamarin thank:

Our Major Partner institutions for their substantial long-term financial and technical contributions: 

Zoo Atlanta

Zoo Atlanta saves wildlife and their habitats through conservation, research, education and engaging experiences. Their efforts connect people to animals and inspire conservation action.

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Copenhagen Zoo

Part of the Copenhagen Zoo’s mission is to actively contribute to the conservation of endangered species and their habitats, based on a scientific foundation. This scientific foundation is formed from research in the wild, as well as through the management of the animal population at Copenhagen Zoo.

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Disney Conservation Fund

Disney’s commitment to environmental stewardship focuses on using resources wisely as we operate and grow our business. Disney also provides philanthropic grants and expertise to save wildlife, inspire action, and protect the planet.

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DOB Ecology

The mission of DOB Ecology is to support partners that work to protect and restore threatened ecosystems and (re)build the conditions for resilient livelihoods of local communities.

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Lookfar Conservation/Irene M. Staehelin Foundation

Lookfar is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending wild and wondrous places and working with the people living in and among them.  They advise philanthropic foundations and help small, local groups with biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration, and regenerative agriculture projects in many of the world’s most biodiverse and most imperiled regions.

Irene M. Staehelin Foundation aims to promote humanitarian purposes, human and women’s rights, development aid, and nature and species protection.

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Philadelphia Zoo

The region’s leading family destination and one of the area’s foremost conservation organizations, Philadelphia Zoo is home to nearly 1,300 animals, many rare and endangered.

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Rainforest Trust

Rainforest Trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement and donor support.

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Brazilian Biodiversity Fund/ExxonMobil

The Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO) is an innovative financial mechanism created to drive the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Brazil.  

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Brazilian Biodiversity Fund/MMA/KfW Development Bank

On behalf of the German Federal Government, KfW is supporting Brazil in protecting tropical forests, climate-friendly power generation and use, along with sustainable urban development.

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Thank you to all our supporters who believe in the work we do and help make this conservation effort a reality.

 
 
 
 
 
 

The following institutions and individuals have made financial and technical contributions to GLT conservation through Save the Golden Lion Tamarin, through the Lion Tamarins of Brazil Fund  or directly to Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado.

 

Annual Reports & Financial Statements

 

2023 Annual Progress Report

View or Download our AMLD and SGLT 2023 Annual Report to read about our recent accomplishments, such as the completion of a new census revealing the largest number of GLTs ever recorded in the wild, and the start of an innovative project to enrich native forests with plants that boost ecological recovery. The report also announces AMLD’s purchase of a neighboring property that doubles the size of the Golden Lion Tamarin Ecological Park. Once reforested, it will expand GLT habitat bringing new opportunities for research and ecotourism. Other highlights are the recent park developments providing visitors with new nature and interpretive trails and an interactive exhibit that shares the day of a family of golden lion tamarins. In this report you can also learn about efforts to save the endangered GLTs through the management of zoo populations, sustainable farming and social engagement, environmental education, public policy, research, and communications with stakeholders.

Our organization earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency, showcasing the progress and results we’re making toward our mission! Check out our updated Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar.