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Buffer strips and hedges

Green cover

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

Maintenance of forest cover in headwater areas

Afforestation of reservoir catchments

Targeted planting for 'catching' precipitation

Continuous cover forestry

Appropriate design of roads and stream crossings

Sediment capture ponds

Trees in Urban areas

Peak flow control structures

Re-naturalisation of polder areas