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Logging roads are generally seen as synonymous with fragmentation, because they open up forests to human populations and invasive species, or simply because they damage the integrity of forest areas that had remained virtually intact until then. But is the matter really so simple? What in fact are logging roads directly responsible for in tropical forests? And are their impacts irreversible? In this issue of Bois et Forets des Tropiques , we publish two syn- thesis articles which, without claiming to be exhaustive, offer valuable insights into the matter...