IN ADDRESSING FOREST AND LAND FIRES IN EAST KOTAWARINGIN REGENCY, COLLABORATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE PENTA HELIX MODEL ARE EMPLOYED

Introduction: Forest fires are a crucial issue requiring serious attention as it reached 9.7 million hectares of forest fires in 1997/1998. Therefore, there is a need for synergy between governmental and non-governmental institutions to support the mitigation of forest and land fires. Literature Review: Collaborative Governance is one of the types of Governance. This concept emphasizes the importance of a condition where public and private actors (businesses) collaborate in specific ways and processes to produce legal products, regulations, and policies appropriate for the public or society according to Ansell and Gash (2007:545). Method: The Penta Helix model is most commonly associated with the ABCGM concept, which stands for Academician, Business, Community, Government, and Media. This study employs a Comparative Qualitative Analysis (QCA) approach. Result and Discussion: This research showed that the contribution of academia in Penta helix collaboration is as a conceptualizer, The contribution of businesses in the Penta helix context is generally an enabler in both technology and innovation, as well as training, the government's contribution is mitigating forest and land fires in East Kotawaringin Regency includes the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD). Conclusion: The role of the Community in Penta helix collaboration is as an accelerator in mitigating forest and land fires, while the role of the media from the Penta helix perspective is as a bridge to convey information on forest and land fire prevention from authorities (communicators) to the public (communicants). In term of collaboration, face-to-face dialogues is necessary to have consensus of the discussion.