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THE ZOO HAS ALSO CONTINUED A SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOLDEN LION TAMARIN ASSOCIATION IN BRAZIL. GOLDEN LION TAMARINS, A SPECIES OF TINY MONKEYS FROM BRAZIL, ARE THREATENED BY DEFORESTATION, THE PET TRADE, AND YELLOW FEVER DISEASE, WITH ONLY 200 REMAINING IN THE WILD IN THE 1970'S. FOR DECADES, THE ZOO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPECIES' CONSERVATION BY INTRODUCING GROUPS OF GOLDEN LION TAMARINS INTO THE WILD, PROVIDING FUNDING FOR HABITAT PROTECTION AND RESTORATION, AND CONTRIBUTING EXPERTISE IN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT OF SMALL ANIMAL POPULATIONS. TODAY, 4,800 GOLDEN LION TAMARINS LIVE IN THE WILD, AND OVER ONE THIRD OF THIS WILD POPULATION ARE DESCENDANTS FROM ZOOS. IN MEMORY OF ZOO ATLANTA'S FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF COLLECTIONS AND CONSERVATION, JENNIFER MICKELBERG, PHD, WHO PASSED AWAY IN OCTOBER 2023, THE GOLDEN LION TAMARIN ASSOCIATION HAS PLEDGED A MEMORIAL WITH THE CREATION OF "JENNIFER'S FOREST CORRIDOR." 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ZOO ATLANTA ALSO PARTNERS ON EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN BOG ECOSYSTEM OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION AND IS HOME TO A SAFEGUARDING SITE FOR THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED MICHAUX'S SUMAC, A PLANT SPECIES FOUND ONLY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.RESEARCH INITIATIVES: RESEARCH HELPS ZOO ATLANTA BETTER UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE STEWARDSHIP FOR THE ANIMALS IN ITS CARE, AND IT PROVIDES THE ZOO WITH VALUABLE INSIGHTS THAT ENABLE IT TO PROTECT THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE WILD. BASIC RESEARCH ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO OVERALL KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE ON EARTH. SCIENTISTS AT ZOO ATLANTA LEAD RESEARCH EFFORTS INVOLVING ANIMALS HOUSED AT THE ZOO AS WELL AS ANIMALS IN THE WILD. THE ZOO'S SCIENTISTS COLLABORATE WITH SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE ZOO'S SCIENTIFIC STAFF HOLD FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, GEORGIA TECH, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 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