Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN)
Amman, Amman Governorate, Jordan 路 Nonprofit 路 Regional 路 since 2003
Amman NGO whose Million Tree Campaign has planted over three million fruit trees for Palestinian and Jordanian farmers
About
The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN) is an independent non-profit founded in Amman, Jordan, in 2003 to protect the environment and natural resources of Arab countries, with a focus on areas affected by war and occupation. Its Million Tree Campaign, launched in 2001 under the slogan 'They uproot one tree, we plant ten', supplies fruit trees (mainly olive) to Palestinian farmers whose land is threatened, and had planted three million trees across Palestine by the end of 2024, 99,458 of them in that year; its Green Caravan programme, started in 2003, has planted 234,511 fruit trees in Jordan. APN also runs the Revive Gaza's Farmland project (from March 2024), Together for Lebanon's Olives, and the If Only You Knew school awareness programme, and publishes annual reports in English and Arabic. Its website counter showed 3,429,444 trees planted, 165,141 dunums and 51,550 farmers supported in November 2026.
What they run
Since 2001, provides fruit trees (mostly olive) and support to Palestinian farmers in the West Bank and Gaza whose trees were uprooted or whose land is at risk; in its fourth million since 2024.
Since 2003, plants fruit trees and provides irrigation pipes, ponds and beehives to small farmers across Jordan to expand green cover and food security.
Launched March 2024; by end-2024 had cultivated 962 dunums with fast-yielding vegetables and rehabilitated 17 greenhouses for 422 farmers in Gaza.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 馃崕 Food forests & orchards | 3,000,000 | 2024 |
| 馃尵 Agroforestry | 31,136 | 2024 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 3,429,444 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceapnature.org homepage counter read in Nov 2026: '3,429,444 trees planted', '165,141 dunums', '51,550 farmers' (all programmes, undated as-of). |
| Hectares restored | 2024 | 388 | Million Tree Campaign (MTC) | Estimated | sourceAPN Annual Report 2024: 3,881 dunums planted in the West Bank in 2024; converted at 10 dunums = 1 ha (388.1 ha). |
| Hectares restoredto date | 2024 | 14,722 | Million Tree Campaign (MTC) | Estimated | sourceAPN Annual Report 2024: 'Since its inception in 2001, the programme has cultivated nearly 147,224 dunums throughout Palestine, providing direct support to 34,703 farmers'. Converted 147,224 dunums = 14,722 ha. |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 99,458 | Million Tree Campaign (MTC) | Self-reported | sourceAPN Annual Report 2024, p.18: 'In 2024 alone, the programme planted 99,458 fruit trees across 3,881 dunums of land in the West Bank, supporting 1,076 farmers'. |
| Trees plantedto date | 2024 | 3,000,000 | Million Tree Campaign (MTC) | Self-reported | sourceAPN Annual Report 2024: 'By the end of 2024, the programme successfully planted three million fruit trees across Palestine, marking the beginning of its fourth million.' |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 31,136 | Green Caravan (Jordan) | Self-reported | sourceAPN Annual Report 2024, Green Caravan: 'During the year, 31,136 trees were planted over an area exceeding 1,915 dunums, benefiting 695 farmers'; cumulative 2003-2024 234,511 fruit trees. |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2024
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 6 of 6 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 130,594 trees in 2024
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