Academic research and citizen science have generated robust evidence showing the urgency of pollinator protection. The next step is clear: policy should evolve from commitments to collaborative action. Empowering citizen-led initiatives and soundly embedding them in policy frameworks can provide a pathway for reversing pollinator decline across the globe. This policy brief has been produced as part of T4.5 within the more4nature project. more4nature is a Horizon Europe research and innovation project that aims to trigger transformative change in environmental protection by strengthening the role of citizens and communities in environmental governance. The project focuses on enabling citizens to contribute meaningfully to collaborative environmental compliance assurance (ECA) in the areas of zero pollution, biodiversity protection, and deforestation prevention. The goal of the policy brief is to strategically engage policymakers and national agencies, enabling them to act beyond individual “change agents” within their institutions and to bring about more systemic policy and regulatory change. T4.5 has therefore been tasked with producing targeted policy briefs that resonate with global, EU, and national policy processes unfolding during the lifetime of the project.
Education et al. (2026) studied this question.