Bambi buckets are large reusable bags suspended from the bottom of helicopters that can be loaded with water at lakes to douse fires. Early indications show that the reserve may recover faster than expected. But Beck cautions that recovery for the golden lion tamarins must be measured in numbers of offspring in succeeding generations. The 34 tamarins born to date are encouraging he says, but he never looks too far ahead. No one can honorably claim success for any conservation program.
Conservation is a responsibility that extends over centuries to each new human generation.
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