The thematic assessment of pollinators, pollination, and food production carried out under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aims to assess animal pollination as a regulating ecosystem service underpinning food production in the context of its contribution to nature’s gifts to people and supporting a good quality of life. To achieve this, it focuses on the role of native and managed pollinators, the status and trends of pollinators and pollinator-plant networks and pollination, drivers of change, impacts on human well-being, food production in response to pollination declines and deficits, and the effectiveness of responses. The summary for policymakers of this assessment was approved by the fourth session of the IPBES Plenary (February 2016) and is included in its report (document IPBES/4/19). The chapters and their executive summaries were accepted by the fourth session of the IPBES Plenary and are available as document IPBES/4/INF/Rev.1