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Nature-based protection measures against rockfalls, landslides and avalanches

As a low-cost supplementary measure, felled trees can be arranged crossways to the slope. The rock shown in the image was “caught” by such an impediment. Source: Grisons Office for Forest and Natural Hazards; Urs Fitze
Nature-based protection measures against rockfalls, landslides and avalanches
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