AN INTERNATIONAL HONOUR FOR A BRANCH MEMBER

– Merran Silberbauer

Dr Tony Cunningham, who is a member of our Kogelberg branch has recently received the Society for Economic Botany’s (SEB) 2016 “Distinguished Economic Botanist” award in recognition of his contribution to ethnobotany and economic botany over the past 36 years. This lifetime achievement award was presented to Tony at the SEB’s meeting in the United States of America based on his publication record, including the widely used book “Applied ethnobotany: people, wild plant use and conservation” (2001), which is also available in Spanish and Chinese and his contributions to mentoring students across the world, many of them in East Africa”

Tony is the son of Sheila and the late Gordon Cunningham both well known in our community.