This year's Hydroinformatics (modeling) students from UNESCO-IHE (The Institute for Water Education) in Delft, Holland were hosted by the Interagency Modeling Center at South Florida Water Management District.  The UNESCO-IHE/Florida Earth Partnership is in its fourth year and now works with the Patel Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa also.  Fourteen Students from eight countries made up this year's class.

 In the arena of natural resources, the State of Florida is one of the most dynamic areas in the world.  From the Everglades to the Panhandle and the pine forests near Jacksonville to the urban centers of Central Florida, the ecological diversity of this great state is replete with opportunities to model sustainability.  As an organization whose mission is “to bring people together” Florida Earth Foundation stands in a unique niche through its education, outreach and facilitation programs and projects.  As a public-private partnership with over seventy partners in government, education and industry, Florida Earth develops possibilities of engaging people in the future of Florida through its role as an honest broker of information and dialogue.