What is New Acre Project?

New Acre Project helps corporations exceed sustainability objectives by supporting farmers and ranchers to build nature on their land one acre at a time.

We Improve Wetlands

A degraded wetland can be enhanced to improve water quality and provide flood defence.

Improve
Wetlands

We Create Habitats

A sloping field that’s expensive to farm can be managed as a forest to provide a home for wildlife and improve air quality.

Create
Habitats

We Build Grasslands

A riverbank that’s eroding can be reimagined as a grassland to keep nutrients out of waterways, sequester carbon and create wildlife habitat.

Build
Grasslands

We Protect Species

A farmer can be rewarded for delaying their first cut of hay to allow threatened bird species to fledge their young.

Protect
Species

We Improve Wetlands

A degraded wetland can be enhanced to improve water quality and provide flood defence.

We Create Habitats

A sloping field that’s expensive to farm can be managed as a forest to provide a home for wildlife and improve air quality.

We Build Grasslands

A riverbank that’s eroding can be reimagined as a grassland to keep nutrients out of waterways, sequester carbon and create wildlife habitat.

We Protect Species

A farmer can be rewarded for delaying their first cut of hay to allow threatened bird species to fledge their young.

As the global population grows, our wetlands, woodlands and grasslands are shrinking under land-use and climate-change pressures.

83M

the population is growing by 83 million humans every year

200

up to 200 species go extinct globally each year

$100B

cost of severe weather in North America

98%

loss of wetlands near major urban centres

Be a force for good.

Meet your environmental, social and governance goals.

Every acre that is restored and maintained on the working landscape returns social and environmental equity.

Whether your interest is water, air, pollinators or wildlife, you can tailor your sponsorship to target the issues that matter most to your organization and produce lasting benefits for the communities you serve.

Make a difference. Make an acre.

“Nature is one of the most powerful tools we have to help communities become more resilient to the impacts of climate change. By using what already exists in nature we can help preserve the health of the environment, while also generating positive social and economic benefits.”

Nicole Vadori,
Head of Environment,
TD BANK

Get transparent metrics to tell your story.

You will receive regular reports detailing the concrete benefits generated through your contribution, featuring the metrics that matter to you.

26%

Wetlands

31%

Grasslands

24%

Modified Agriculture Practices

19%

Native Shrubs & Trees

26%

Wetlands

31%

Grasslands

24%

Modified Agriculture Practices

19%

Native Shrubs & Trees

Get transparent metrics to tell your story.

You will receive regular reports detailing the concrete benefits generated through your contribution, featuring the metrics that matter to you.

“We are very proud of our participants, who are on the frontlines of environmental stewardship.”

Bryan Gilvesy

CEO – Alus &
New Acre Project

“We are very proud of our participants, who are on the frontlines of environmental stewardship.”

Bryan Gilvesy

CEO – Alus &
New Acre Project

Meet the New Acre team

Katherine Balpataky

Director of Corporate Partnerships

Mary-Ellen Anderson

Head of Special Projects and Innovation

Michelle Primus

Vice-President of Donor Relations

Rhonda King

Western Lead and Budget Director

Jill Weaver

Manager of business
development

Memberships and partnership

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