This means that almost half of the sites are still without one. More records will be used in projects and more accurate will be the developed chronologies. Reports on the status of the various regions covered by the EPD during the past year and predictions for the coming year. The French initiative to produce palaeovegetation maps has led to the activation of interest by a number of groups. This could potentially lead to several 10 s of sites being added in the next two years.
New data are in the process of being contributed.
This is the case with The Netherlands, Portugal and Germany. This is the case with Fennoscandia and Great Britain. It is noticeable that the coverage in the British Isles is already much denser than anywhere else and so the need for new sites is less acute. In the case of some Russian material the necessary computing facilities are lacking. New data are potentially available but have not yet been published or are waiting for 14C dates.