Galleries Commit X Art to Acres 

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.  

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This is the first large-scale, gallery worker-led, collective land conservation project, demonstrating the potential for impact when coming together to take action for a climate-conscious future.  

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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 over 30 million tons of carbon (tCO2).

Chuyapi-Urusayhua Region, Peru

March 2021:

15,891 acres conserved

8% of total land

Project Metrics

198,752 acres

Total Land Area

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30,531,002 tCO2

Total Stored Carbon on Project Location

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0.33%

Threat Coefficient

(Annual rate of potential deforestation if unprotected)

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13,920 tCO2

Carbon Emissions Avoided by Protecting Land (Annually) 

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$0.34

Conservation Cost Per Acre

Learn more about the project and location here.

Conservation Tiers

$35

Permanently conserves 100 acres and protects 7 tCO2 per year.

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$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.

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Contributions are made directly to Art to Acres, a 501c3 non-profit, and are fully tax deductible.

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Names of contributors will be listed publicly on this website.

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Want to understand how the carbon protected relates to gallery, exhibition, or personal carbon emissions?

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