This measure resides in maintaining good forest health conditions through appropriate management (e.g. development of stable, stepped, unequal-aged forests, uniform shelter-wood systems and partial systems, coppice forests). The aim is to increase the soil infiltration, slowing surface runoff and reduce the risk of soil erosion by improving the forest health conditions. The management in forests should be focused on bringing them to natural state in order to increase their resilience and hence their ability to retain rainfall water and reduce the risk of flash floods in watersheds. Forestry should accommodate the likely changes in precipitation and flooding patterns derived from climate change.