Martin Copley (conservationist)

Martin Copley (born 1940) is an Australian conservationist and philanthropist who established the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), an organisation which purchases and manages large areas of land, mainly former pastoral properties, as sanctuaries for the conservation of biodiversity.^[1]

Copley was a British financier and insurance underwriter. He first visited Australia in 1966. In 1991 he purchased a property containing a large area of natural bushland at Chidlow, Western Australia, now the Karakamia Sanctuary, for conservation purposes, effectively founding what was to become the AWC.^[2] In 1994 he moved to Australia permanently.^[1] In 2001 the AWC became a public charitable organisation.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} ABC program archive: George Negus Tonight 38, broadcast 13 April 2004 accessed 8 January 2008
2. ^ National Trust of Australia (WA): paper by Barry Wilson to the State Heritage Convention
3. ^ Australian Wildlife Conservancy: About AWC

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