 There is a growing concern about the status and trends of animal pollinators worldwide, which are crucial for both wild plants and crop production. However, understanding of pollinator declines is constrained by the lack of accessible data and land conversion to agriculture being one of the main threats to pollinators. To address these challenges, coordinated transdisciplinary research infrastructures are needed to describe pollinator decline patterns worldwide, monitor current trends, and enhance pollinator numbers and pollination in agro-ecosystems. This can be achieved by redoubling efforts to make historical data available, empowering citizen science to monitor key pollinator species, and developing multi-actor, localized research infrastructures that integrate social, economic, and ecological approaches in agriculture. This article was authored by Ignacy Bartomius and Lynn V. Dix.