The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, presents Dr. Jane Goodall with the UN Messenger of Peace Award.
- Gold Medal of Conservation from the San Diego Zoological Society (1974)
- J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize in (1984)
- Schweitzer Medal of the Animal Welfare Institute in (1987)
- National Geographic Society Centennial Award in (1988)
- Japan’s prestigious Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences in (1990)
- United Nations Messenger of Peace (2002)
- Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II of England (2003)
- French Legion of Honor (2006)
- UNESCO Gold Medal Award (2006)
- Reappointed United Nations Messenger of Peace (2007)
- Medal of Tanzania
- National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal
- Japan’s Kyoto Prize
- Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
- Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence