Every day is Earth Day for Armenia Tree Project. Upon the eve of Earth Day this month, ATP completed its spring planting of 23,385 trees at 91 sites around the country. ATP planted 22,085 decorative and fruit trees from its Karin and Khachpar nurseries, as well as 1,300 pine trees from the Mirak Family Reforestation Nursery in Margahovit.
ATP has continued its partnerships with a number of institutions and community sites in Armenia this spring, including the Dzidzernagapert Genocide Memorial, the Sardarabad Museum, and the Diaconia Settlement of Hope. Tsitsernakaberd received more than 800 new trees, including 100 indigenous ash trees planted on April 12 in collaboration with HSBC Bank's Climate Partnership program.
In the field of environmental education ATP plans to train another 540 public school teachers this year to use its "Plant an Idea, Plant a Tree" curriculum, and already more than 120 teachers have participated in seminars in Yerevan, Sisian, Goris, and Gyumri. ATP also planted 50 trees at the Berdzor Reception House, which is located in the strategic Lachin Corridor linking Armenia with Karabakh.
Since 1994, ATP has planted and restored more than two million trees and created hundreds of jobs for impoverished Armenians in tree-regeneration programs. The organization's three tiered initiatives are tree planting, community development to reduce poverty and promote self-sufficiency, and environmental education to protect Armenia's precious natural resources. For more information, visit the ATP web site at www.armeniatree.org.
