Member of WAZA (World Association of Zoos and Aquariums)

Full Member of the La Salle Foundation

Member of Venezuelan Association of Natural Sciences

Founding Member of Club de Roma, Venezuela Chapter

Member of several other institutions

Gold Medal of the Iberian Zoo Union (1974)

Order Francisco de Miranda 1st and 2nd Class

Order Henry Pittier 1st Class

Order of Merit 1st Class – Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz)

Order of Citizen's Merit

Order of Merit at Work, 1st Class (Gold)

Honorary Citizen of El Hatillo