Armenia Tree Project Plants Five Millionth Tree with US Ambassador Richard Mills

ATP’s five millionth tree was planted on Earth Day by Executive Director Jeanmarie Papelian, Country Director Lucineh Kassarjian and US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills, Jr. (Photo: ATP)

YEREVAN””Armenia Tree Project (ATP) reached a milestone, planting its five millionth tree this spring. Another 68,607 trees were planted at 125 sites throughout Armenia and Artsakh this spring, bringing the total number of trees planted to 5,021,249 since 1994.

The symbolic five millionth tree was planted by Executive Director Jeanmarie Papelian, Country Director Lucineh Kassarjian and US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills, Jr. on April 22, which is celebrated as Earth Day around the world.

“We had the honor of hosting Ambassador Mills at our nursery in Karin on Earth Day to join us in planting our five millionth tree,”