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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 for impact when coming together to take action 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 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
30,531,002 tCO2
Total Stored Carbon on Project Location
0.33%
Threat Coefficient
(Annual rate of potential deforestation if unprotected)
13,920 tCO2
Carbon Emissions Avoided by Protecting Land (Annually)
$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.
$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 be listed publicly on this website.
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