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

San Diego Zoo Global

 * 1993:
 * American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) Significant Achievement Award for conservation of the San Clemente loggerhead shrike
 * AAZPA Conservation Endowment Fund Award for wild canid reproductive strategies (shared with 9 recipients)
 * 1995: Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Conservation Endowment Fund Awards for Species Survival Plan for tree-kangaroo and Avian Tuberculosis Research Project (shared with Woodland Park Zoo)
 * 2002:
 * AZA Top Honors in North American Conservation Award for Hawai'i Endangered Bird Conservation Program
 * AZA Top Honors in International Conservation Award for Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program (shared with Roger Williams Park Zoo, Calgary Zoological Society, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Gladys Porter Zoo, Kangaroo Conservation Center, Miami MetroZoo, Milwaukee County Zoo, Oregon Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, San Antonio Zoo and Aquarium, Santa Fe Community Teaching College, and Woodland Park Zoo)
 * 2004:
 * Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Award for Museum Service for educational programs
 * City of San Diego Recycler of the Year
 * 2012:
 * AZA Significant Achievement in North American Conservation Award for Light-footed clapper rail recovery program (shared with SeaWorld San Diego)
 * AZA Top Honors in International Conservation Award for Scientific Approaches to Conservation of Giant Pandas and their Habitat program (shared with Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Memphis Zoo, and Zoo Atlanta)
 * AZA Significant Achievement in International Conservation Award for Grévy's Zebra Trust and AZA: A Model of Collaborative Endangered Species Collaboration (shared with Saint Louis Zoo, Brevard Zoo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Chicago Zoological Society, Cleveland Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Denver Zoo, Detroit Zoo, Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund and Rapid Relief Fund, Fresno Chaffee Zoo, White Oak Conservation Center, Jackson Zoo, Jacksonville Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, Living Desert, Oklahoma City Zoo, Oregon Zoo, Phoenix Zoo, Reid Park Zoo (Zoo Teens Program), Riverbanks Zoo, Sacramento Zoo, Safari West, SeaWorld / Busch Gardens, Sedgwick County Zoo, Toronto Zoo, and Utah's Hogle Zoo)
 * 2014: AZA Top Honors in Excellence in Marketing Award for Welcome to Koalafornia: The New Australian Outback marketing campaign

Gold Conservation Medal
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. 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. 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." In 2008 the Conservation Award was expanded to include four categories: Lifetime Achievement, Conservation in Action, Conservation Advocate, and Young Conservationist. Several Conservation Medals have been awarded posthumously. Recipients include:

San Diego Zoo

 * 1958: San Diego Zoo Convention & Tourist Bureau's first tourism award
 * 1961: American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) Edward H. Bean Award for reproduction of koalas (first koala birth in Western Hemisphere)
 * 1963: 2 AAZPA Edward H. Bean Awards, for Galápagos tortoise and Gila monster hatchings (first Gila monster conceived and hatched in captivity)
 * 1964: AAZPA Edward H. Bean Award for hatching and rearing of rhinoceros iguana
 * 1966: 3 AAZPA Edward H. Bean Awards for Most Notable Animal Births in an American Zoo, for reproduction of proboscis monkey (first birth outside of Borneo), thick-billed parrot (first hatching recorded in captivity), and African softshell turtle (first hatching recorded in captivity)
 * 1974: AAZPA Edward H. Bean Award for birth of ruffed lemur
 * 1987: AAZPA Exhibit Award for East African Rock Kopje
 * 1988: AAZPA Education Award for East African Rock Kopje Interpretive Program
 * 1989:
 * AAZPA Exhibit Award for Tiger River
 * AAZPA Edward H. Bean Award for California condor breeding (shared with San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo)
 * 1991:
 * AAZPA Edward H. Bean Award for François' langur propagation program
 * AAZPA Significant Achievement Award for long-term propagation of Fijian iguanas
 * 1992: AAZPA Significant Achievement in Exhibit Award for Gorilla Tropics
 * 1995: Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Significant Achievement Award for Andean condor reintroduction program
 * 1996: AZA Significant Achievement in Exhibit Award for Hippo Beach
 * 2000:
 * AZA Top Honors in International Conservation Award for Jamaican Iguana Conservation & Recovery Program (shared with Fort Worth Zoo, Indianapolis Zoo, Audubon Nature Institute, Sedgwick County Zoo, Tulsa Zoo, Toledo Zoo, Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo, Gladys Porter Zoo, and Milwaukee County Zoo)
 * AZA Conservation Endowment Fund Award for restoration of two critically endangered West Indian rock iguana species through headstarting and release (shared with Fort Worth Zoo)
 * 2002: AZA Edward H. Bean Award for Sumatran rhinoceros breeding program (shared with Los Angeles Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden)
 * 2007: Avian Scientific Advisory Group (ASAG) Plume Award for Noteworthy Achievement in Avian Husbandry for the Light-footed Clapper Rail coalition (shared with Chula Vista Nature Center, SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Reserve)
 * 2010: AZA Significant Achievement in Exhibit Award and Top Honors in Excellence in Marketing Award for Elephant Odyssey exhibit
 * 2014: AZA Top Honors in International Conservation Award for Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program in Papua New Guinea (shared with Woodland Park Zoo, Brevard Zoo, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Gladys Porter Zoo, Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens, Minnesota Zoological Garden, Oregon Zoo, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Saint Louis Zoo, Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, and Zoo New England)

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

 * 1972: American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) Edward H. Bean Award for hatching of Abyssinian ground hornbill
 * 1974: AAZPA Edward H. Bean Award for hatching of Abyssinian ground hornbill
 * 1989: AAZPA Edward H. Bean Award for California condor breeding (shared with San Diego Zoo and Los Angeles Zoo)
 * 1994: Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Significant Achievement Award for hornbill breeding program
 * 2007: Avian Scientific Advisory Group (ASAG) Plume Award for Noteworthy Achievement in Avian Husbandry for the Light-footed Clapper Rail coalition [shared with Chula Vista Nature Center, SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego Zoo, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Reserve]
 * 2011: USFWS Endangered Species Recovery Champion Award (Pacific Southwest Region) awarded to Michael Mace, Curator of Birds, for work with California condors and light-footed clapper rails