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Meadows and pastures

Buffer strips and hedges

Crop rotation

Strip cropping along contours

Intercropping

Green cover

Early sowing

Traditional terracing

Controlled traffic farming

Reduced stocking density

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

Restoration of natural infiltration to groundwater

Permeable surfaces

Swales