The Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeoecology of C.N.R. – Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering is located at the Dept. of Environmental and Earth Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano - Bicocca. The Laboratory was created in 1995 with the aim to use plants as stratigraphical, palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic indicators. Part of the lab. facilities are located at the CNR Research Area 3 in Milano (www.area3.mi.cnr.it).