Daniel H. Janzen - Honorary Distinctions

Honorary Distinctions

Janzen has been subject to recognition many times in the USA, as well as in Europe and Latin America; the monetary endowments of these prizes have been invested in the trust fund of the ACG or another of his conservation's projects in Costa Rica; amongst the 19 prizes and distinctions, the following are the most important:

• 1975 Gleason Award, American Botanical Society
• 1984 Crafoord Prize: Coevolutionary ecology. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• 1985 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania
• 1987 The Berkeley Citation for Distinguished Achievement and Notable Service to the university
• 1987 Hijo Ilustre de Guanacaste (awarded by the Governor of Guanacaste province)
• 1987 "Global 500" Roll of Honour, UNEP
• 1989 MacArthur Fellowship
• 1989 Joseph Leidy Medal, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
• 1991 Founder's Council Award of Merit, Field Museum of Natural History
• 1992 Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
• 1993 Award for Improvement of Costa Rican Quality of Life, Universidad de Costa Rica (co award with W. Hallwachs).
• 1994 Silver Medal Award, International Society of Chemical Ecology.
• 1995 Conservation Society Award.
• 1996 Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Minnesota.
• 1996 Thomas G. and Louise E. DiMaura Endowed Term Chair, University of Pennsylvania
• 1997 Kyoto Prize (Basic Sciences Field), Inimori Foundation
• 2002 Albert Einstein World Award for Science, Consejo Cultural Mundial, (Mexico)
• 2002 Honorary Fellow of the Association for Tropical Biology (and Conservation) ATBC
• 2006 National Outdoor Book Award (Design and Artistic Merit), 100 Caterpillars
• 2011 FBBVA Foundation Frontiers ok Knowledge Award of Ecology and Conservation Biology for his pioneering work in tropical ecology and his contributions to the conservation of endangered topical ecosystems throughout the world, drawing on an understanding of plant-animal interactions.