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Almost half of Australia untouched by humans: study

CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Australia, an area the size of India, remains untouched by humans, making the country as critical to the world's environment as the Amazon rainforests, a study said on Wednesday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=BzWRnK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=BzWRnK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=koIEsk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=koIEsk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=ISWz1k"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=ISWz1k" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/environment/~4/375825466" height="1" width="1"/>