A lack of suitable authorized placements (provided voluntarily and free of charge by host institutions: zoos and aquariums, sanctuaries, and so on) affects one-third of cases, while insufficient funding, particularly for transport, affects one-quarter. Transport costs can be especially challenging when the available placement is far from the animal’s location.

In France, confiscation falls under the jurisdiction of several competent authorities across different ministries, making effective communication and coordination essential.

Effective management of confiscated wildlife requires rapid identification, appropriate facilities and close coordination with authorities. Limited capacity for certain taxa highlights the importance of clear procedures and defined responsibilities between authorities and specialist zoological institutions.

Limited sustained funding and technical support for women’s groups and community-led initiatives, including support beyond project completion.

Limited community engagement with local organisations and governmental entities to reach women and vulnerable groups consistently

Social norms, unpaid care responsibilities and practical barriers can limit women’s participation in consultations, training and natural-resource decision-making.

Limited availability of sex-disaggregated baseline data and longer-term evidence on women’s access to resources, influence in decision-making and benefits from conservation interventions.

Differences in community needs and vulnerabilities require locally tailored approaches, particularly for rural women and groups facing intersecting barriers.

Due to political and funding context at this moment has been very difficult to find donors to be interested in contributing to maintain RISE funding

The TSC Mechanism has a clear political mandate for gender-responsive implementation but they need technical support and tools to do it mandate

a lesson learned is that without gender-disaggregated data and the meaningful participation of women in generating it, biodiversity monitoring will keep missing the people whose knowledge and labor sustain conservation on the ground and the policies built on that incomplete picture will remain less robust than they need to be

it has been more difficult to get funds to implement actions related to gender equality due to the actual funding and political environment

the lesson learned is that in order to ensure IUCN’s contribution to the implementation of the CBD Gender Plan of Action (2022–2030) is done by its programmatic and initiatives, a policy with mandate and alignment to the GPA has to be in place

- Drop in finance (especially ODA)
- Some countries refusing to move forward on gender issues in multilateral fora, and even coming back on agreed language.

Limited sustained funding and technical support for women’s groups and community-led initiatives, including support beyond project completion.

Limited community engagement with local organisations and governmental entities to reach women and vulnerable groups consistently

Social norms, unpaid care responsibilities and practical barriers can limit women’s participation in consultations, training and natural-resource decision-making.

Limited availability of sex-disaggregated baseline data and longer-term evidence on women’s access to resources, influence in decision-making and benefits from conservation interventions.

Differences in community needs and vulnerabilities require locally tailored approaches, particularly for rural women and groups facing intersecting barriers.

Due to political and funding context at this moment has been very difficult to find donors to be interested in contributing to maintain RISE funding

The TSC Mechanism has a clear political mandate for gender-responsive implementation but they need technical support and tools to do it mandate

a lesson learned is that without gender-disaggregated data and the meaningful participation of women in generating it, biodiversity monitoring will keep missing the people whose knowledge and labor sustain conservation on the ground and the policies built on that incomplete picture will remain less robust than they need to be

it has been more difficult to get funds to implement actions related to gender equality due to the actual funding and political environment

the lesson learned is that in order to ensure IUCN’s contribution to the implementation of the CBD Gender Plan of Action (2022–2030) is done by its programmatic and initiatives, a policy with mandate and alignment to the GPA has to be in place

- Drop in finance (especially ODA)
- Some countries refusing to move forward on gender issues in multilateral fora, and even coming back on agreed language.

The power and legitimacy of IUCN Policy comes from its mandate from through the IUCN Resolutions process and subsequent implementation with oversight from IUCN Council. However, there is a definite concern regarding how such implementation of WCC-2025-Res-140 can proceed with sufficient speed to keep pace with the extremely rapid current developments in the field of AI.