Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Forestry Research and Training (UWIFoRT) has been leading the Ecosystem Services Valuation (ESV) for the Protected Area Network (PAN) in Bhutan. The project is being carried out in collaboration with the PAN field offices. The respective team from UWIFoRT and PAN has been collecting data on ecosystem services such as grazing, NWFP, biodiversity conservation, and the various recreational values of the PA for the past 18 months. As there is a huge amount of data, it's important to clean and validate the data before proceeding with the analysis. Hence, the workshop was held to clean and validate the collected data from April 28, 2025, to May 2, 2025. Apart from the previously collected data for ESV, other currently available data, such as resource utilization data, biodiversity data, and fishing data, were also compiled during the workshop. The workshop was crucial for achieving the overall goal of ESV of the PAN.

A total of 28 officials (Male: 22 & Female: 6) comprising of ESV focal from the PAN, other officials from the PAN, and officials from UWIFoRT attended the workshop. The workshop was funded by the Bhutan for Life Project (BFL).