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♤ The 2010 National Tiger Assessment has several innovations over previous assessments. These include:
♤ Partnerships with civil society organizations
♤ Local communities involved in data collection and analysis.
♤ Genetic analysis to estimate tiger populations from faecal samples.
♤ Along with tigers, co-predators, prey, and habitat quality assessed.
♤ Pioneering attempt to estimate tiger populations in Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (West Bengal) using satellite telemetry and sign surveys.
♤ First estimation of tiger population in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra).