Sylvia Kacal

Anne Sylvia Kacal (née Greenwood; April 1939 – 24 October 2003) was a British-Trinidadian conservationist, teacher, and art patron. She was the founding president of the Caribbean Forest Conservation Association (CFCA), and helped to found many local environmental action groups. She was also involved with the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club.

Early life Anne Sylvia Greenwood was born in April 1939 in Yorkshire, England. She graduated from the University of London with a BA in modern languages. After working briefly as a teacher, she also completed a teaching diploma at the University of Bristol. Although the gallery closed in the mid-1980s due to declining economy, she remained a member of the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago and continued to organize exhibitions, including a National Museum exhibition on primitive art. when the World Bank contracted the CFCA to develop a National Parks and Protected Areas plan for the country, Kacal played a prominent role in the process. She then received World Bank assignments to advise environmental organisations in Vietnam

Partial bibliography

Books

Sculpture: 1980-86 = Escultura (with Luise Kimme, 1985) Albert Prince: Sculpture 1979-86 (with Luise Kimme, 1986)

Articles

"Nesting Stilts" in Naturalist, vol.6, No.11, Nov.-Dec., 1986, p.27. "Stabroek Market" in Caribbean Beat (May-Jun. 1996), p. 27.

Other

"Developing Strategies for Community Involvement in Protecting Fragile Areas" presented at the XVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (1992) Drains and You: A Manual for Drainage Maintenance Workers (PAHO, 2000)