Domingo is working with the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance team to establish a Bioregional Fund, an Indigenous-led funding vehicle capable of mobilizing financial resources at ten times current levels towards advancing the goals of ASHA's Bioregional Plan 2030.

The Amazon Sacred Headwaters Bioregional Fund will operate as both a grant-making facility and a revolving loan fund for regenerative community enterprises, providing sustained funding to hundreds of local initiatives in the bioregion. Its governance will include investment and advisory committees with majority Indigenous leadership and trusted technical advisors, ensuring that decision-making over financial flows remains with local stewards. By creating a long-term financing vehicle anchored in Indigenous leadership and values, the Fund builds the infrastructure for sustained funding for indigenous territorial monitoring and conservation efforts, youth leadership, food sovereignty, ecosystem restoration and regenerative livelihoods.

The Bioregional Fund is in the participatory design phase towards the launch of the Fund in 2026 in partnerships with The BioFi Project, Regen Network, and Fundación Pachamama to develop the fund’s architecture and governance, legal structure, operational blueprint, initial portfolio and capital strategy. In tandem, ASHA is developing robust measurement and learning systems, and compelling storytelling materials and strategies for securing funding at scale. The Fund will lay the infrastructure for mobilizing tens of millions in blended finance to permanently protect this bioregion, strengthen Indigenous territorial governance, and transition toward a thriving regenerative bioeconomy for decades to come.

Looking forward, Domingo and ASHA is also working towards to expanding the Living School of the Amazon (EVA) into a new institute that will welcome both Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth. This initiative aims to create a space for intercultural learning, where diverse perspectives come together to cultivate shared responsibility for the planet and build a new generation of environmental leaders.

At the same time, the Alliance continues its efforts to resist the expansion of oil, mining, and large-scale infrastructure projects that threaten the Sacred Headwaters region. Its current priorities include strengthening regional alliances among Indigenous nations, governments, and civil society; advancing a regional ecological economic plan grounded in stewardship and community well-being; and developing sustainable financing solutions to protect the living forests and halt extractive expansion.

Together, these initiatives form part of a broader mission: to build a post-carbon future, strengthen Indigenous leadership, and preserve the Amazon’s unparalleled biodiversity for generations to come. Guided by Domingo Peas’s vision and the collective wisdom of the region’s Indigenous peoples, the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance continues to lead the way toward a future where humanity and nature thrive in harmony.

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