His awards include the 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), the Heineken Environment Prize, and a Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Conservation Biology.

Cassowary Prize for Tropical Research and Conservation, 2018
Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences, 2015.

Outstanding Contributions to Nature Conservation, Zoological Society of London, 2015.

The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and A. H. Heineken Foundation, 2012.

Distinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology, 2011.

Six-time recipient of the Faculty of 1000 Selection for Outstanding Articles.

Four-time winner of Australia's Best Science Writing Prize.

Top 50-most cited papers in Biological Conservation.

Australian Laureate Fellowship, 2010
Distinguished Alumni Award, Boise State University, USA, 2010.

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology Award (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), 2008 
Highly Cited Researcher Award, ISI Thompson Scientific, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Outstanding Paper of the Year, International Association of Landscape Ecologists, 2006
His awards include the 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), the Heineken Environment Prize, and a Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Conservation Biology.
Cassowary Prize for Tropical Research and Conservation, 2018
Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences, 2015.
Outstanding Contributions to Nature Conservation, Zoological Society of London, 2015.
The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and A. H. Heineken Foundation, 2012.
Distinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology, 2011.
Six-time recipient of the Faculty of 1000 Selection for Outstanding Articles.
Four-time winner of Australia's Best Science Writing Prize.
Top 50-most cited papers in Biological Conservation.
Australian Laureate Fellowship, 2010
Distinguished Alumni Award, Boise State University, USA, 2010.
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology Award (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), 2008 
Highly Cited Researcher Award, ISI Thompson Scientific, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Outstanding Paper of the Year, International Association of Landscape Ecologists, 2006
William F. Laurance