Editing Outback (section)

=== Global significance ===
[[File:West MacDonnell National Park.JPG|thumb|right|MacDonnell Ranges in the [[Northern Territory]] are found in the centre of the mainland]]
[[File:Fitzgerald River National Park DSC04436.JPG|thumb|right|[[Fitzgerald River National Park]] in Western Australia]]
The paucity of industrial land use has led to the Outback being recognised globally as one of the largest remaining intact natural areas on Earth.<ref name=":0" /> Global "[[Human Footprint]]"<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Venter|first1=Oscar|last2=Sanderson|first2=Eric W.|last3=Magrach|first3=Ainhoa|last4=Allan|first4=James R.|last5=Beher|first5=Jutta|last6=Jones|first6=Kendall R.|last7=Possingham|first7=Hugh P.|last8=Laurance|first8=William F.|last9=Wood|first9=Peter|date=2016-08-23|title=Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=7|pages=12558|doi=10.1038/ncomms12558|issn=2041-1723|pmc=4996975|pmid=27552116|bibcode=2016NatCo...712558V}}</ref> and wilderness<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theconversation.com/explainer-wilderness-and-why-it-matters-36591|title=Explainer: wilderness, and why it matters|last=Mackey|first=Brendan|newspaper=The Conversation|access-date=2016-12-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221163348/https://theconversation.com/explainer-wilderness-and-why-it-matters-36591|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> reviews highlight the importance of Outback Australia as one of the world's large natural areas, along with the [[Boreal forests]] and [[Tundra]] regions in North America, the Sahara and Gobi deserts and the tropical forests of the Amazon and Congo Basins.
The savanna (or grassy woodlands) of northern Australia are the largest, intact [[savanna]] regions in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theconversation.com/ecocheck-australias-vast-majestic-northern-savannas-need-more-care-59897|title=EcoCheck: Australia's vast, majestic northern savannas need more care|last=Murphy|first=Brett|newspaper=The Conversation|access-date=2016-12-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221163138/https://theconversation.com/ecocheck-australias-vast-majestic-northern-savannas-need-more-care-59897|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> In the south, the [[Great Western Woodlands]], which occupy {{convert|16000000|ha}}, an area larger than all of England and Wales, are the largest remaining temperate woodland left on Earth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilderness Society {{!}} Great Western Woodlands |url=https://www.wilderness.org.au/iconic-places/great-western-woodlands |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Wilderness Society |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316015730/https://www.wilderness.org.au/iconic-places/great-western-woodlands |url-status=live }}</ref>