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Buffer strips and hedges

Strip cropping along contours

Basins and ponds

Wetland restoration and management

Floodplain restoration and management

Re-meandering

Stream bed re-naturalization

Restoration and reconnection of seasonal streams

Reconnection of oxbow lakes and similar features

Riverbed material renaturalization

Removal of dams and other longitudinal barriers

Natural bank stabilisation

Elimination of riverbank protection

Lake restoration

Green Roofs

Retention Ponds

Forest riparian buffers

Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas

Afforestation of reservoir catchments

Targeted planting for 'catching' precipitation

Land use conversion

Continuous cover forestry

Urban forest parks

Trees in Urban areas

Re-naturalisation of polder areas