Ethiopia has been undertaking numerous development programs and projects with the objective of taking a country to the middle-income countries in the near future. Universal Rural Road Access Program (URRAP) roads being constructed in Jimma and Bunno Bedele zones are among the projects in Ethiopia. Although these projects are assumed to bring desirable positive change, there are sometimes negative consequences on environmental issues. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to investigate the negative sides of these projects on environmental elements. Household survey with randomly selected household heads and in-depth interview, focus group discussion (FGD) and observation for purposively selected samples were used to collect relevant and required data. Thereby, data were analyzed quantitatively by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and qualitatively through thematic method. The findings from the analyzed data show that rural roads being constructed by URRAP have both positive and negative impacts on plant species, bird species, reptile species, mammal’s species, amphibians’ species, soil, and climate. Finally, URRAP is in dilemma and needs an extensive and frequent supervision, monitoring, inclusive, interdisciplinary and sound strategies and policies by responsible bodies at all expected levels and contexts.

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埃塞俄比亚西南部的普遍农村公路通行计划（URRAP）道路对环境的影响：吉马和布诺贝德勒地区的案例

埃塞俄比亚一直在进行许多发展计划和项目，目的是在不久的将来将一个国家带入中等收入国家。埃塞俄比亚的项目包括在吉马和本诺·贝德勒地区兴建的通用农村道路通行计划（URRAP）道路。尽管假定这些项目会带来理想的积极变化，但有时会对环境问题产生负面影响。因此，本研究的目的是调查这些项目对环境因素的负面影响。家庭调查由随机选择的户主进行，并进行了深入访谈，焦点小组讨论（FGD）和对有目的选择的样本的观察，以收集相关和必要的数据。从而，使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）定量分析数据，并通过主题方法定性分析数据。分析数据的发现表明，URRAP正在修建的乡村道路对植物种类，鸟类种类，爬行动物种类，哺乳动物种类，两栖动物种类，土壤和气候都有正反两个方面的影响。最后，URRAP处于两难境地，需要负责机构在所有预期的水平和背景下进行广泛而频繁的监督，监测，包容，跨学科和合理的战略和政策。