Aracruz's Discussion

1. What did you learn from this stimulation?
- First off, I learn how to be an active listener. Not only did I have to express my view point clearly, but also I had to understand others’. Just like professor Joy explained, the situation was not a debate. Rather, it was a discussion to reach a feasible solution for all: indigenous people, government and community representatives, international groups, and Aracruz employees. Obviously, with different backgrounds and multiple interests at stake, it was hard to find practicable solutions, so I felt that learning the similarities and differences among participants were keys. This helped us to find a common ground and elaborate from there. However, the role of differences between parties played as other values added to the solution if we could agree upon. In this kind of discussion, I learned that it’d be best to understand others’ values and interests and find similarities among the parties. From that, finding a possible solution for involved parties might be achieved.

2. What went well in your group and stakeholder dialogue?
- My first impression was that other parties were really interested in what I, a representative of indigenous people, had to say. I only presented a partial of landless family, but my interest might play as an essential role in the discussion. Just like Aracruz stated in our discussion, if landless families were happy with the solutions, other parties would also be satisfied.

3. How could your group have been more effective?
- My group would be even more effective if there are a little more information on the landless families and how many members were to have in each tribe. Further, I felt that I didn’t have relevant information to talk to the Aracruz’s employees about how much hectare one family needs. Another useful piece of information might be how indigenous people value the land and in what way that they would like to ask for the land. To us, these are critical information, and it would possibly help to generate feasible solutions.