Correct Answer: Option D - All are correct
It includes wildlife sanctuaries like Neyyar, Peppara, and Shenthuruni.
This statement is correct. The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve spans parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu and encompasses these three wildlife sanctuaries. These protected areas form the core zones of the biosphere reserve.
It received UNESCO recognition under the MAB Programme in 2016.
This statement is correct. The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve was included in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves under the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme in March 2016 during the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme meeting in Peru.
It was declared a protected biosphere reserve in 2001.
This statement is correct. The Government of India declared Agasthyamala as a biosphere reserve in 2001, fifteen years before it received international recognition from UNESCO.
