Mini monkeys of Brazil

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Describes efforts of conservationists to save the small monkeys of Brazil in Amazonia and what was once the Atlantic rain forest and the obstacles facing them. Devra Kleiman and Denise Rambaldi des...

Describes efforts of conservationists to save the small monkeys of Brazil in Amazonia and what was once the Atlantic rain forest and the obstacles facing them. Devra Kleiman and Denise Rambaldi describe the Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) Reintroduction Program of the National Zoo, Smithsonian Institution, and the cooperative work among Brazilian scientists and field workers, landowners near the Poco das Antas Biological Reserve, and captive breeding programs. Also looks at the work of Alcides Pissinatti, director of the Rio de Janeiro Primate Centre, who, with little governmental financial support, conducts breeding programs for several tamarin species and the muriqui (Brachyteles sp.), or woolly spider monkey and attempts to restore the habitat of the Primate Centre, attending to biological diversity of plants, animals, and birds. Pissinatti notes the additional obstacle to the monkeys' survival of corruption and misuse of funds sent to support conservation. Eduardo Veado's work in the muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) reserve near Caratinga, Brazil is also shown. Program also covers rehabilitation efforts by Betty Roosmalen and her husband, the fate of the pied bare-faced tamarin (Saguinus bicolor), forced by habitat loss into the home range of the silvery tamarin (Saguinus leucopus), the use of ecotourism to support a rehabilitation center near Manaus, and the impossibility of replacing the Amazon rainforest should it be destroyed. Other primates shown in the film include the red-backed squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedti), the midas tamarin (Saguinus midas), the red uakari (Cacajao calvis rubicundus), the golden-rumped lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia chrysomela), the black lion tamarin, the red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), and the white-capped spider monkey (Ateles sp.).

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