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Land Conservation
Galleries Commit has partnered with Art to Acres to permanently conserve 200,000 acres of ecologically vital and vulnerable land by creating the Chuyapi-Urusayhua regional conservation area in Peru.
This is the first large-scale, gallery worker-led, collective land conservation project, demonstrating the potential to make a significant and meaningful impact when galleries, gallery workers, and our allies unite for a climate-conscious future.
The old-growth cloud forest is being conserved as a national protected area at the direct request of the local communities. This will protect wildlife and ecosystems in a last chance mammal area as well as forests that currently store 30,531,002 tonnes of carbon (tCO2). At current deforestation rates, about 13,920 tonnes of this carbon would be released into the atmosphere each year if unprotected.
Chuyapi-Urusayhua Region
Project Metrics
198,752 acres
Total Project Size
30,531,002 tCO2
Total Stored Carbon on Project Location
153 tCO2
Stored Carbon Per Acre
$0.34
Conservation Cost Per Acre
0.33%
Threat Coefficient
(Annual rate of deforestation if unprotected)
13,920 tCO2
Avoided Release Annually
$4.92
Cost of Avoided Release per tCO2
Learn more about the project here.
How much should I contribute?
$4.92
Permanently conserves 14 acres and protects 1 tCO2 per year.
$35
Permanently conserves 100 acres and protects 7 tCO2 per year.
$350
Permanently conserves 1,000 acres and protects 70 tCO2 per year.
$3,500
Permanently conserves 10,000 acres and protects 700 tCO2 per year.
Contributions are made directly to Art to Acres, a 501c3 non-profit, and are fully tax deductible.
Names of contributors will eventually be listed on this website in alphabetical order.
Want to contribute as part of a personal or gallery carbon footprint drawdown strategy?
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