Award Science Museum of Virginia

University of Southern California (John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement | 2001)

BBVA Foundation (Frontiers of Knowledge Award | Ecology and Conservation Biology Category | 2009)

Asahi Glass Foundation (Blue Planet Prize | 2012)

Woodrow Wilson International Center (Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service | 2015)

National Council of Scientists for the Environment (Lifetime Achievement Award | 2017)

Rainforest Alliance (People and Planet Champion Award | 2017)

George Mason University (Beck Family Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Research and Scholarship | 2018)