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Meadows and pastures

Buffer strips and hedges

Green cover

Early sowing

Basins and ponds

Wetland restoration and management

Floodplain restoration and management

Re-meandering

Stream bed re-naturalization

Riverbed material renaturalization

Removal of dams and other longitudinal barriers

Natural bank stabilisation

Elimination of riverbank protection

Restoration of natural infiltration to groundwater

Soakaways

Infiltration Trenches

Rain Gardens

Infiltration basins

Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas

Afforestation of reservoir catchments

Targeted planting for 'catching' precipitation

Land use conversion

Continuous cover forestry

'Water sensitive' driving

Appropriate design of roads and stream crossings