The Australian Platypus Conservancy is a non-profit environmental organisation that was set up in 1994 to conserve the platypus and its freshwater habitats. The Conservancy was established at a time when the platypus’s status and environmental needs were very poorly known. Many of the Conservancy’s achievements in its first 25 years of operation are summarised in Platypus News & Views no. 75.
The Conservancy’s main aim is to link research findings with community action to protect and strengthen platypus and Australian water-rat (or rakali) populations. It co-operates with management agencies, universities, businesses, community groups and schools to ensure that research findings are used to initiate and support practical actions on behalf of these animals and their habitats.
The Conservancy conducts projects to:
- Learn more about the status of platypus populations and their ecological needs
- Identify the factors that are chiefly responsible for limiting platypus population size and survival
- Develop and improve methods for platypus survey and monitoring, especially those involving citizen science
- Map the occurrence of the Australian water-rat/rakali and improve public awareness of this undervalued animal
HOW YOU CAN HELP
The Conservancy is a registered environmental charity with full tax-deductible (DGR) status. Its work is supported by management agencies, philanthropic trusts, community groups, schools, sponsors and interested individuals who care about the future of the platypus.
If you would like to contribute to platypus or rakali conservation efforts you can donate in the following ways:
1 On-line bank transfer. Our bank account details are:
BSB: 063-855 Ac no.: 1004 7108 Ac name: Australian Platypus Conservancy
If you are not in Australia you also need a SWIFT code for Commonwealth Bank which is: CTBAAU2S (Please note it is no longer possible to send us a cheque in overseas currencies as Australian banks have now stopped handling them).
We do not get automatic notifications of deposits to our bank account. Therefore, if you do make a transfer to our account, please let us know by email so that we can check that it has gone through OK and then issue you a receipt.
2) You can pay by credit card using Tiltify, an online service used by more than a thousand charities worldwide. You go to www.tiltify.com type ‘Australian Platypus Conservancy Incorporated’ into the Cause search and follow the prompts to pay by credit card via a secure payment system.
Donations to the APC are tax deductible in Australia. We will issue an official receipt for your tax records on clearance of funds.
If you do make a donation, please be assured that we will never pester you requesting follow-up donations, nor will your details be passed on to any other body.
Australian Platypus Conservancy (ABN 64 255 612 676)
PO Box 115, Campbells Creek VIC 3451
(03) 5416 1478 Email: platypus.apc@westnet.com.au
Legal/Privacy Policy
While every reasonable care has been taken in preparing the content of the APC website, it may contain errors, faults and inaccuracies and is not necessarily current. Users of this site are therefore responsible for assessing the relevance and reliability of its content in relation to any application. The Australian Platypus Conservancy will not be liable for any loss, damage or expense incurred by reason of anyone using or relying on information from the APC site.
References and links to other websites or social media sites are provided on the basis that users are responsible for assessing their accuracy, completeness and currency. The Australian Platypus Conservancy neither accepts any responsibility for the content of other sites nor necessarily endorses organisations or companies linked to or from the APC website.
The Australian Platypus Conservancy will not record the personal details of any non-registered user of the APC website (apart from information that such a user chooses to give us, for example a name and email address if a person contacts us) or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event that a legal investigation extends to this site, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect the Australian Platypus Conservancy’s Internet Service Provider’s logs.
Personal information provided to the APC website either by registered contributors or non-registered users will be managed in accordance with the national standards set out by the Australian Privacy Principles. The Australian Platypus Conservancy will only use such information to help administer the website and communicate with contributors or non-registered users and will not disclose it or use it for any other purpose without the person’s consent, unless this is expressly authorised under the Australian Privacy Principles or otherwise specifically and legally required by a law enforcement agency or other relevant government authority.
The Australian Platypus Conservancy reserves the right at our sole discretion to deny any user access to this website without notice, as well as the right to change the terms and conditions of its use. The amended policy will be posted to this site and operate from the time it is posted.
Copyright to this website and its content is owned by the Australian Platypus Conservancy. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of the website or its content may be reproduced in any form or by any process without prior written permission from the Australian Platypus Conservancy. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and usage should be addressed to:
The Director
Australian Platypus Conservancy