Armenia Tree Project has planted another 460,070 trees as part of its pledge to the Billion Tree Campaign of the United Nations Environment Program.

Since 2007, ATP has planted a total of 995,070 trees as a partner in the Billion Tree Campaign.In 2008, ATP’s Rural and Mountainous Development (RMD) Program planted 402,720 tree seedlings at new forest sites in northern Armenia, while the Community Tree Planting (CTP) Program planted 57,350 fruit and decorative trees at 188 sites in 10 regions.

The number of trees planted by the CTP program exceeded our annual objectives. In the fall, the CTP program planted 33,965 trees and shrubs at 97 sites in Yerevan and nine regions. Throughout the year, ATP’s CTP program participated in events and environmental campaigns launched at Tsitsernakaberd, Kashatagh, Nubarashen, Noravank, Khor Virap, and elsewhere. ATP supported these initiatives by providing healthy seedlings along with special training on planting techniques and tree care.

Throughout the year, ATP’s CTP program participated in events and environmental campaigns launched at Tsitsernakaberd, Kashatagh, Nubarashen, Noravank, Khor Virap, and elsewhere. ATP supported these initiatives by providing healthy seedlings along with special training on planting techniques and tree care.

ATP began a new reforestation program on a 40 ha plot of community owned land in Jrashen, near ATP’s Mirak Family Nursery and the newly planned Michael and Virginia Ohanian Environmental Center in Margahovit. “ATP established a new forest and obtained the land in Jrashen as a result of collaboration with Armenia’s Hayantar State Forestry Service,” noted RMD manager Vadim Uzunyan. ATP began by planting the first 7,000 oak seedlings at the site in cooperation with Hayantar.

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