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2. Carrying back your own trash.

Go a step further to carry out any rubbish you encounter on the trails you pass, ensuring that the trail is in a better state than when you started walking on it.

3. Stick to established trails and do not cut new bypaths.

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Cutting new trails and shortcuts, creates confusion for new hikers, fragments forest habitat, increasing unwelcomed encounters with wildlife and exposes vegetation to the risk of trampling.

4. Not starting fires.

They can spread quickly especially if left unattended.

5. Knowing your right of way.

As trails are used by hikers, cyclists, residents and farmers, knowing when to pass and when to give way is important. For example, if one were walking along the numerous cement farmer trails in the Bukit Seraya area always remember to give way to farmers and residents for whom these paths are a necessity and a lifeline, rather than merely a recreational facility.

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