Paul Alan Cox

American ethnobotanist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1953 · age 73

Paul Alan Cox is an American ethnobotanist whose scientific research focuses on discovering new medicines by studying patterns of wellness and illness among indigenous peoples. Cox was born in Salt Lake City in 1953.

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Cox (left) and village chief Fuiono Senio (right) won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997 for their conservation efforts at Falealupo in Western Samoa

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Goldman Environmental Prize1997

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