Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation collaborated with UK based organization BioEcoss for the study of Rodents in Annapurna Base Camp. Simon Poulton, a PhD student of East Anglia University and is leading the study and SMCRF is supporting its expert in the field assistance.
From 2012 to 2016, Hem Bahadur Katuwal, Dipendra Adhikari, Sagar Dahal and Hari Basnet went to Langtang National Park, Annapurna Conservation Area, and Sagarmatha National Park with Simon Poulton to help him in field to survey small mammals (rodents and shrew). The team members also worked as a translator.