Mexico City's iconic and largest park, the sprawling Bosque de Chapultepec, has been awarded the gold medal in the World Urban Parks Association's 2019 International Large Urban Parks Awards. The park was evaluated alongside urban parks all over the globe. Chapultepec, The World's Best Urban Park in 2019 Chapultepec Named World's Best Urban Park Eduardo Hernández - El Universal chapultepecpark.jpg 600 x 358 The World Urban Parks Association has named Mexico City's Chapultepec Park the "Best Urban Forest in the World" for 2019. The award considers factors such as historic, cultural, and environmental significance. ---------- Mexico City's iconic and largest park, the sprawling Bosque de Chapultepec, has been awarded the gold medal in the World Urban Parks Association's 2019 International Large Urban Parks Awards. The city's commitment to restoring the park to "its full potential, providing recreation, culture, history and biodiversity," was also recognized. This means that Chapultepec is among the 80 best parks in the world thanks to its design, characteristics, and facilities, as well as for its management. According to the World Urban Parks association, Chapultepec is a “7 square km green lung to millions of people” and it was also “officially designated as an Area of Environmental Value with category of Urban Forest, (Chapultepec) is the Natural Monument of greatest importance to Mexico City for its historical, tourist, cultural, and environmental significance. The environmental services it offers to the City are wide-ranging. It's the principal regulator of the quality of the air. Has virtually unique cultural options; its museums, educational and sportive spaces provides multiple locations for rest and leisure; for reading and music and areas where flora and fauna can be appreciated for everybody.” Mexico City mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum, celebrated the international award and said that the Chapultepec park is a space that represents Mexico's natural and historical richness in each one of its spaces. On the other hand, the local Environment Minister, Marina Robles García, announced that the World Urban Parks association will formally give the award to the Chapultepec park on October 19 during a ceremony that will take place in Russia. The president of the Probosque de Chapultepec trust, Sharon Fastlicht Kurian, recognized the local government's effort to promote the creation of the trust and called society to join rehabilitation projects to improve the most important park in the city. The World Urban Park association also recognized the efforts made so that the Chapultepec park is “restored to its full potential providing recreation, culture, history, and biodiversity.” Chapultepec is the main air quality regulator in the city – Photo: Gamaliel Valderrama/EL UNIVERSAL https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/chapultepec-worlds-best-urban-park-2019