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Aims 
Achievements 
Agree on the necessary 1. 
recommendations for 
possible mitigation 
of long-term negative 
impacts ^ 
3. 
The Management Recommendations Chapter of the final report 
synthesises and consolidates recommendations for management 
of the swamp forest drawing on detail provided in preceeding 
chapters. 
Proposed mitigation management for extreme flooding and drought 
Proposed to cany out propagation of rare plant species in Nee 
Soon and use the propagules for restoration of potential freshwater 
swamp forest sites elsewhere to mitigate the risks of extinction of 
these native species over the longer term 
Recommendations relevant to aquatic fauna are with respect to i) 
extreme flooding and drought; and it) other potential management 
issues such as the introduction of non-native taxa and erosion. 
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Establish a viable, 1. 
long-term monitoring ^ 
programme and 
sampling protocols 
to ensure continued 
protection and good 
management 
Recommendations for ecological monitoring of streams. 
Set up and handed over 40 vegetation plots for long-term 
monitoring of tree growth, recruitment, and mortality in the wet 
and dry areas of Nee Soon. The GPS coordinates and tracks to the 
40 plots have also been prepared. 
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Train agency staff in 
modelling, sampling 
methods and tools for 
monitoring 
1. A training course for application of Eco-hydrological Modelling 
developed from this study was held on 22nd July 2016. 
2. On the 11th June 2015, a workshop on the identification of fish, 
decapod crustaceans and macroinvertebrates from the Nee Soon 
freshwater swamp forest was held. Several theory and practical 
sessions for aquatic faunal identification purposes were facilitated 
by both NUS (TMSI, DBS, and LKCNHM) and NParks staff. 
3. Sampling methodology for faunal collection was also introduced in 
the introductory field resource, “A Guide to the Freshwater Fauna 
of Nee Soon swamp forest” (Ho et al., 2016) which was reviewed 
during the workshop and revised in response to participants’ 
feedback. 
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4. 
5. 
Deliver workshops 
on development and 
interpretation of the 
models’ outputs 
1 . 
2 . 
3. 
The e-book version of the guidebook is available at http://emid. 
nus. edu. s g/ebooks/web/vie wer. j sp 
In phase 1 of the Nee Soon freshwater swamp forest project, a 
workshop was held to train NParks staff on identification of the 
common plants of Nee Soon freshwater swamp forest. One book 
was also published to facilitate the identification of these plants. 
Conducted workshop for non-governmental organisations and 
individuals at Hort Park, Singapore, December 2016 
Seminar provided to University of Warwick, UK, March 2017 
Other workshops to be provided as required 
