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Meadows and pastures

Buffer strips and hedges

Strip cropping along contours

Intercropping

No till agriculture

Low till agriculture

Green cover

Early sowing

Traditional terracing

Controlled traffic farming

Reduced stocking density

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

Natural bank stabilisation

Elimination of riverbank protection

Restoration of natural infiltration to groundwater

Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas

Afforestation of reservoir catchments

Targeted planting for 'catching' precipitation

Land use conversion

Continuous cover forestry