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Buffer strips and hedges

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

Green Roofs

Swales

Channels and rills

Filter Strips

Rain Gardens

Detention Basins

Retention Ponds

Infiltration basins

Forest riparian buffers

Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas

Afforestation of reservoir catchments