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Collecting data using Forms

Collecting information from your users is a fundamental part of modern websites. This section discusses how to use x-Forms and when to integrate with external systems, for example the Partners Database or an e-newsletter provider.

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Translations and Languages

GWP.org can handle most languages with ease and a little adjustment by the admin. Automatic translations are available on every page in almost any language, however thse are tranlated by google and not by a real person, s they are not perfect. Most users have the ability to edit translations of the "real" page within the global site or their own regional or micro site.

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Water: the Connecting Link to Climate Change Adaptation

“An integrated approach to managing and developing the world’s water resources is vital for not only driving world economies, ensuring human well-being and security from hunger, but can also serve as an essential building block for enhancing coherence on adaptation,” said Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Chair of GWP at a side event at the Bonn climate change negotiations. “Water is the connecting link because climate impacts are largely felt through the medium of water,” she said.

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Stakeholders for a Sava River Basin Plan

 A River Basin Management Plan of the Sava river basin is under development, the first attempt in the Southern European region to draft a River Basin Management Plan according to the EU Water Framework Directive. GWP Mediterranean and GWP Central and Eastern Europe have significantly contributed to the stakeholder involvement process related to development of the Plan.

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Slovakia

Slovakia is a landlocked state, bordered by Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. Most of the terrain is rugged and mountainous, especially in the central and northern part. It has a temperate climate with cool summers and cold humid winters. Slovakia possesses reserves of brown coal and lignite, as well as small reserves of iron ore, copper and manganese ore.

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Hungary

Located in Central Europe, northwest of Romania, Hungary is a landlocked state bordering Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. As such, it has a strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin. Hungary has a temperate climate with cold and humid winters and warm summers. The north-south flowing Duna (Danube) and Tisza Rivers divide the country into three large regions.