Aconcagua Docu Series

Explore the three-part Aconcagua documentary series on Vimeo to learn how collective action is helping restore water balance and biodiversity.

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Discover the story of Aconcagua and the vision behind the WAVE Partnership.

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Episode 1

Learn about the impact of collective water stewardship and the future for Aconcagua.

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Episode 2

See how farmers, buyers and communities are working together in the catchment.

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What is the WAVE Partnership?

The Water, Agriculture, Values, and Ecosystem (WAVE) Partnership is an initiative dedicated to scaling a collective action approach to strengthen water and biodiversity management with a focus on agri-food supply chains.

We do this by bringing together growers, buyers, retailers, governments and NGOs to create catchments in balance, whereby water inflows, outflows and storage are sustainably managed to support healthy, biodiverse ecosystems and enhance local livelihoods.

Building on the foundational work done by Nature's Pride in Peru since 2018 and in Chile since 2019, the initiative aims to develop a scalable approach to bring priority catchments across the world back into balance. Our ambition is to replicate this approach to other parts of Latin America and Africa.

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Our Strategy

Our Strategy: A catchment-level approach

We take a holistic catchment level approach, bringing in solutions at the farm, supply chain and enabling environment levels to develop economically viable solutions, backed by shared responsibility, smarter incentives, and aligned investments across the supply chain. Through WAVE, we:

promote more sustainable farming practices

We collaborate with farmers to support the implementation of more sustainable practices,

support more resilient supply chains

We partner with buyers and retailers to build a more conducive environment along the supply chain to invest in sustainability and water stewardship, and

create stronger enabling environment

We work with governments and civil society actors to create a stronger enabling environment that facilitates enhanced water management.

What is the current situation?

Many companies have complex supply chains – and source agri-commodities from regions with current or future water security risks. Many lack a coordinated approach to addressing these risks.

Focus only on technical solutions

without considering broader market dynamics, supply chain structure, and the enabling environment that can make solutions sustainable and scalable over time.

Lack of market incentives for producers

to take action without sufficient involvement from key supply chain actors, such as retailers, importers, and exporters.

Limited focus on multi-stakeholder governance

needed to sustain initiatives in the longer term.

Data gaps and decision-making blind spots

due to limited visibility across enough producers, thus not tackling catchment-wide issues.

What is WAVE’s solution?

Water challenges cannot be solved without solutions at three interconnected levels – farm, supply and enabling environment.

We take a holistic catchment level approach, bringing in solutions at the farm, supply chain and enabling environment.

We develop market-based solutions to build a more conducive environment along the supply chain to invest in sustainability and water management.

We establish a critical mass of producers and downstream actors and implement strong governance to work more efficiently on effective solutions.

We engage with the public sector and civil society actors to strengthen the enabling environment, pool resources, improve collaboration, and drive resource efficiencies.

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WAVE’s standardized approach is scalable to multiple regions and supply chains.

1. Apply Overarching Strategy
2. Apply Implementation Framework

1. Scope

Define the situation, stakeholders, data, and risks to define the mission and align key actors on priorities.

2. Strategize

Develop solutions, define strategy, clarify services and value, and form a global-local partnership structure.

3. Implement

Plan detailed actions, set governance, secure financing, and establish monitoring for implementation and learning.

4. Evaluate & Restrategize

Assess outcomes, gather insights, refine strategy, and prepare for the next cycle

Presentation of the Aconcagua Partnership strategy at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Santiago (2025)
Presentation of the Aconcagua Partnership strategy at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Santiago (2025), with representatives from the private sector and public institutions exploring opportunities for collaboration.

Who are the stakeholders in advancing Collective Action?

Individual action will not effectively address water and biodiversity risks – collective action is required for true, transformative change.

Producer of fresh fruits & vegetables

Exporters & processors

Importers

Retailers & wholesalers

Local communities

Industry & producer associations

Certifying bodies & NGOs

Governmental Institutions

Knowledge institutions

Financial institutions

Latest News

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May 2026
WAVE Newsletter Edition 2

Read the second edition of the WAVE Aconcagua Newsletter, featuring updates and highlights from the past two months across our workstreams. We're also excited to launch "Meet the Network," a new section spotlighting the members of our growing partnership.

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March 2026
WAVE Newsletter Edition 1

Read the first edition of the WAVE Aconcagua Newsletter series. Every two months, we will share updates from the project team as well as key milestones achieved. The newsletter will also highlight new partner members and provide basic information of upcoming meetings. Our goal is to keep everyone updated on progress, foster engagement, and maintain transparency.

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Aconcagua Workshop
July 25, 2025
The WAVE Partnership kicks off, bringing the Chilean Aconcagua catchment back in balance.

Between 4 and 11 July, the WAVE Partnership held a series of in-person workshops and events in the Aconcagua Valley in Chile, kicking off its three-year strategy for bringing the catchment back into balance. Key actors – farmers, buyers, and government representatives – convened to help advance the Partnership’s goal.

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