Targeted planting for "catching" precipitation
There is some evidence that planting trees on some Mediterranean hillslopes can assist in cloud formation and precipitation. The forests assist in "trapping" rising air and condensing atmospheric water vapour.Temporary tributaries flow
Temporary streams are of particular importance when it comes to water storage and time retention especially in flash flood prone areas.Traditional terracing
Traditional terraces consist of nearly level platforms built along contour lines of slopes, mostly sustained by stone walls, used for farming on hilly terrain.ﾠ When properly built and well maintained, terraces can reducTransaction cost
Efforts (either monetary outlays or consumption of any other resources, such as time) of administering, monitoring, and enforcing a NWRM. Policy-making involves political costs that are absent in private exchanges.Trees in urban areas
Urban planning that incorporates trees can have multiple benefits.