Mar 01, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. Armenia forest area makes 8-10%, Regional Director of «Tree Planting in Armenia» program Susan Yagubian-Klaine stated today. She said that trend is «terrible», because earlier the forest area in Armenia made 25% and in 90s - about 20%. «Armenia has never been closer to ecologic catastrophe», she said and stressed that if the trend continues, in 20 years Armenia will face the threat of desertification. «Tree Planting in Armenia» program started in 1994 and since then planted more than 580 thousand trees in more than 500 communities of Armenia. By 2006 it is planned to plant more than 1 million trees, at this according to long-term program till 2015 it is planned to plant 15 million tress throughout Armenia.