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vii) To train agency staff in modelling, sampling methods and tools for monitoring; 
viii) To deliver workshops on development and interpretation of the models’ outputs; 
ix) To publish work on swamp forest ecology and the development of eco- 
hydrologic models in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals 
Seven teams were formed to conduct the work. They were: 
i) Mapping and geospatial imagery team 
ii) Field hydrology and geomorphology team 
iii) Vegetation ecology team 
iv) Faunal ecology team 
v) Genomics team 
vi) Ecohydrological modelling team 
vii) NParks faunal team and project administration 
Delivery of results 
Each team produced a three-monthly technical report, consolidated by the project 
leader into a full quarterly project report. Submission of the draft report to the National 
Parks Board was followed by a quarterly meeting to discuss past progress and future 
tasks. After agreement had been reached, each report was accepted with revisions. 
Clews et al. (2018) provide a comprehensive review of the global, regional and 
national significance of freshwater swamp forest. The fundamental geomorphological 
characteristics and processes are described by Nguyen et al. (2018), as they have 
profound implications for the hydrology and biodiversity of Nee Soon. Chong et al. 
(2018) outline some floristic and taxonomic outputs from the project, based on surveys 
in and beyond 40 quadrats distributed through the drier and wetter areas of Nee Soon. 
Ho et al. (2018) describe the aquatic macrofauna. Lim et al. (2018) list the molluscs of 
Nee Soon, and Cai et al. (2018a) the odonates, in the terrestrial and aquatic domains. 
Kutty et al. (2018) describe the use of next generation sequencing to forge the links 
between field identifications and image databases of the freshwater swamp forest flora 
and fauna. Sun et al. (2018) use numerical modelling to describe some of the projected 
impacts of climate change on stream flow and groundwater conditions. Finally, Cai et 
al. (2018b) summarise some of the main findings and reco mm endations arising from 
the entire project. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We would like to thank staff and students, past and present, at the 
Tropical Marine Sciences Institute and the Departments of Biological Sciences and Geography, 
National University of Singapore, and colleagues in the National Parks Board who have been 
very helpful in providing support, helping to acquire permits, determining work schedules, and 
have worked tirelessly from the beginning of the project. Dr Tan Puay Yok was instrumental 
