▁initi ate ▁re - ve get ation , ▁and ▁also ▁principles ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁today ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁contemporary ▁rest oration ▁concept ▁e colog ical ▁rest oration . ▁See ▁also : ▁http :// ser a ustral asia . com ▁and ▁bush ▁reg ener ation . ▁▁ ▁Albert ▁Morris ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁ach ieving ▁broad ▁a cre age ▁ar id ▁zone ▁re - ve get ation , ▁both ▁for ▁amen ity ▁and ▁conservation ▁purposes , ▁and ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁impossible ▁to ▁achieve ▁this , ▁given ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁dry , ▁hot ▁and ▁often ▁dr ought ▁str icken ▁environment , ▁by ▁util ising ▁a ▁plant ing ▁technique . ▁To ▁propag ate , ▁manually ▁plant ▁and ▁keep ▁hyd r ated ▁until ▁they ▁were ▁established , ▁the ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁trees , ▁shr ubs , ▁grass es ▁and ▁for bs , ▁spread ▁over ▁many ▁hundreds ▁of ▁rug ged ▁hect ares , ▁necessary ▁for ▁such ▁a ▁project ▁would ▁have ▁required ▁enorm ous ▁resources ▁and ▁fund ing ; ▁it ▁is ▁unlikely ▁that ▁such ▁a ▁project ▁would ▁even ▁be ▁feas ible ▁today . ▁It ▁was ▁clearly ▁his ▁intention ▁that ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁veget ation ▁in ▁the ▁reg ener ation ▁res erves ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁primarily ▁left ▁to ▁the ▁factors ▁associated ▁with ▁natural ▁reg ener ation : ▁germ ination ▁of ▁existing , ▁naturally ▁depos ited ▁and ▁wind ▁dispers ed ▁se eds ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁fl ora , ▁the ▁reg row th ▁of ▁established ▁but ▁de grad ed ▁in ▁ground ▁root stock s , ▁and ▁the ▁local ▁ra inf