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Information	
	Owner of the map(s)  (Please copy and paste this section to match the number of sources)

Organisation name: EEA – European Environment Agency
Contact person: Peter Kristensen
Address (email): Peter.Kristensen@EEA.europa.eu
Address (web site):www.eea.europa.eu

Map
Title: Box 1a: Main drought events in Europe over the last 10 years
Geographical coverage: Europe
Description: The maps illustrate the spatial extent of main drought events over the last 10 years 
Tags / keywords: drought, water scarcity
Theme (EEA): water, natural hazards
Temporal coverage: 2000-2009

Persons involved
Contact person(s) for EEA: Peter Kristensen
*Creator: Mona Mandrup Poulsen
*Processor: Based on maps from Lena Tallaksen

Copyrights
Does EEA have the copyright to publish  
the map in reports?                                          Yes:  X             No:   
Does EEA have the copyright to publish 
the map as a pdf.doc on the web?                     Yes:  X             No:   
Does EEA have the copyright to publish the 
underpinning data on the EEA Data Service?     Yes:               No: X 

Methodology description
<Description of steps to make in order to redo the map; description of shp-files, dbf-files etc. to use; which fields to join; changes or speciel conditions>
Coordinate system (if not EEA standard): <Coordinate system>

Datasets retrieved from: No real data set used.

Source Dataset 1
The map is based on an inventory of main drought events and the spatial extent of drought events is indicative