Another 58,200 trees planted by Armenia Tree Project

PanARMENIAN.Net - Over the past month, another 58,200 trees were planted including 4,900 fruit trees by Armenia Tree Project (ATP), thus bringing the total number of trees planted to 4,781,520 since 1994.

Plantings were undertaken at 134 locations namely churches, villages, schools and museums, of which 41 were new planting sites, a press release says.

To sustain newly planted trees at the memorial in Musaler Village dedicated to the Musa Dagh resistance, an irrigation system was installed as part of a generous gift from the Estate of the late Haig J. Boyadjian.

Special plantings took place at Pokr Mher military school, Dilijan International School, Quality Schools International and the Avedisian School in the Malatia Sebastia district of Yerevan.

A number of community forests were planted as well in the Kotayk, Lori and Shirak provinces. The trees for the spring plantings were grown at ATP’s nurseries in the villages of Karin, Khachpar and Margahovit, as well as backyard nursery micro-enterprises in Aghavnavank village.

ATP also provided trees to the border villages of Kalavan, Nerkin Karmraghpyur, Aygepar and Chinari.

This spring, ACBA Credit-Agricole Bank, Anelik Bank, Asian Development Bank and Byblos Bank all sponsored and participated in tree planting as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs.

ATP’s reforestation program was advanced in the Lori province this spring with the planting of 23,200 decorative and 300 fruit trees along a hillside in Mikhaylovka village. More than 200,000 trees are projected to be planted as part of the forestry programs in the fall.

In addition to plantings, ATP organized a public cleanup event in the framework of the global Earth Day activities. Members of the international diplomatic corps and community, as well as representatives from several local and international organizations joined their efforts to clean the Yerevan Children’s Railway Park in Hrazdan Gorge and the adjacent banks of the River Hrazdan.