San Diego Zoo Global has received many awards for its exhibits and conservation efforts.

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Gold Conservation Medal

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In 1966, during the Zoological Society of San Diego's golden jubilee, the organization created the Gold Conservation Medal as an award given to outside parties.[6] Nine medals were awarded that year, and it has since been customary to award two each year, one to an international figure and one to a regional figure.[6] In 1971 the Society established a set of criteria for selecting recipients, declaring that the medals should be awarded to "individuals who, through research and publication, have furthered knowledge of the habits and habitats of wildlife, [...] who have been active in the preservation of endangered and other species of animals through breeding programs, research, and the establishment of game and wildlife preserves, [... and] who have furthered the cause of conservation through continued financial support and through their influence and publicity."[6] In 2008 the Conservation Award was expanded to include four categories: Lifetime Achievement, Conservation in Action, Conservation Advocate, and Young Conservationist.[1] Several Conservation Medals have been awarded posthumously.[6] Recipients include:

Year Recipient(s)
1966
1967–69 no medals awarded[6]
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
  • Prof. Dr. Ernst M. Lang – Director of Zoo Basel[6]
  • Maurice A. Machris – Shikar-Safari Club, Founder of World Herd of Arabian Oryx[6]
1978 no medals awarded[6]
1979
1980 no medals awarded[6]
1981
  • Kenhelm W. Stott, Jr. – General Curator Emeritus of San Diego Zoo, author, explorer[6]
  • Prof. Dr. Heinrich Dathe – Director of Tierpark Berlin[6]
1982 no medals awarded[6]
1983 HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – President of WWF, patron of Zoological Society of London[1][6]
1984 no medals awarded[6]
1985 Prof. Dr. Heinz-Georg Klos – General Director of Berlin Zoological Garden and Aquarium Berlin[6]
1986 Sir David Attenborough – filmmaker, British naturalist[6]
1987 Dr. Russell Mittermeier, Ph.D. – conservationist, primatologist, Director of WWF's Species Conservation Program[6]
1988 no medals awarded[6]
1989 Norman Myers, Ph.D. – conservationist; author; consultant in environment and development for Smithsonian Institution, WWF, World Bank, and IUCN[6]
1990 Dr. Gilbert Melville Grosvenor – President and Chairman of the Board of National Geographic Society[6]
1991 Michael Werikherhinoceros conservationist known as "The Rhino Man"[6]
1992 Noel F. R. Snyder, Ph.D. – research biologist for Endangered Wildlife Research Program (USFWS), Director of Parrot Programs for Wildlife Preservation Trust International[6]
1993 Jared Diamond, Ph.D. – Professor of Physiology at UCLA School of Medicine, author of The Third Chimpanzee[6]
1994 Mark Plotkin, Ph.D. – Vice President of Ethnobotany for Conservation International, author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice[6]
1995 Dr. Kurt Benirschke – Founder of Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES), President of Zoological Society of San Diego, Professor Emeritus of Pathology at University of California, San Diego, author of Primates: The Road to Self-Sustaining Populations and One Medicine[6]
1996
1997 David Western, Ph.D. – conservationist, Director of Kenya Wildlife Service[6]
1998 E.O. Wilson, Ph.D. – Professor Emeritus of Entomology at Harvard University; naturalist; author of The Ants, Biophilia, Biodiversity, Consilience, The Diversity of Life, and other books[6]
1999 Dr. George Rabb, Ph.D. – Director of Brookfield Zoo, former Chairman of IUCN's Species Survival Commission[6]
2000
2001 Dr. Peter H. Raven, Ph.D. – Director of Missouri Botanical Garden[6]
2002
2003 Dr. Arnold Orville Beckman, Ph.D. – Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Beckman Coulter, philanthropist[6]
2004 John and Becky Moores – San Diego philanthropists[6]
2005 Dr. George W. Archibald – co-founder of International Crane Foundation[6]
2006
  • Thomas Cade – The Peregrine Fund[1]
  • Dr. William Burnham – The Peregrine Fund (posthumously)[1]
  • Paxson Offield – philanthropist[1]
2007
2008
2009
2010 Ivan Gayler – Founder and Chairman of Nature and Culture International[1]
2011
2012 Conservation in Action: Edgardo Griffith and Heidi Ross of El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center in Panama[1][7]

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

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Year Awarding body Award Notes
1996 Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Conservation Endowment Fund Award For use of assisted reproductive technology to conserve the cinereous vulture (shared with three other zoos)[1]
2004 AZA Conservation Endowment Fund Award For restoration of California condor to Baja California, Mexico[1]
2007 AZA Significant Achievement in North American Conservation For San Clemente loggerhead shrike program[1][2]
Top Honors in International Conservation For Strategic Partnership for Asian Turtle Conservation (shared with Fort Worth Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society / Bronx Zoo, Zoo Atlanta, and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo)[1][3]
2009 AZA Conservation Endowment Fund Award For daily travel of African elephants in Botswana[1]
For genetic analyses of amphibian Chytrid fungus[1]
For reintroduction of California mountain yellow-legged frog[1]
2011 Avian Scientific Advisory Group (ASAG) Plume Award for Long-term Avian Propagation Programs For critically endangered Hawaiian birds[1]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh "SDZG History Timeline". San Diego Zoo Global. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  2. ^ a b c d "North American Conservation Award". aza.org. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "International Conservation Award". aza.org. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  4. ^ Bowen, Katherine (December 2009). "2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Institute of Museum and Library Services. p. 22. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  5. ^ a b c "Excellence in Marketing Award". aza.org. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn "Gold Conservation Medal". San Diego Zoo Global. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  7. ^ "Frog Rescue Team Wins Prestigious Conservation Medal". amphibianrescue.org. Amphibian Rescue & Conservation Project. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Edward H. Bean Award". aza.org. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  9. ^ a b c d "Exhibit Award". aza.org. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  10. ^ a b "Education Award". aza.org. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  11. ^ a b "Past Plume Awards Recipients". aviansag.org. Avian Scientific Advisory Group. Retrieved 2015-06-21.