"You have a very large population of people stuck inside a combat area serving as a buffer between an impending government assault and Tamil Tiger resistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

In correspondence to the Seville strategy, all clusters have core area, buffer zone and transition zone.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences

The core area and buffer zone have only light infrastructure dedicated to research, public use, institutional events and surveillance activities.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Both the core area and the buffer zone are part of the Mount Kuwol Nature Reserve, which was designated in 1976.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences