<![CDATA[This study analyzes governance ecology as an analytical framework for understanding institutional adaptation and collaborative governance practices in Indonesia's public policy processes. Decentralization reforms initiated since 1999 have created a complex, multi-level governance landscape in which diverse actors, institutions, and policy arenas interact dynamically. This qualitative research employs a critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) approach, drawing on data from international and national peer-reviewed journals, government policy documents, and international organization reports. Key findings demonstrate that Indonesia's governance ecology is characterized by three interrelated dimensions: institutional fragmentation resulting from big-bang decentralization, uneven adaptive capacity across regional governments, and the emergence of collaborative forums including Musrenbang, Forest Management Units (KPH), and service delivery partnerships as adaptive responses to governance complexity. This study makes a theoretical contribution by integrating the ecology of games framework, institutional adaptation theory, and collaborative governance model within a developing country context. Practically, findings indicate that strengthening governance ecology requires not only formal structural reforms but also enhanced inter-institutional collaborative capacity and active non-governmental actor engagement in Indonesia's public policy processes.]]>
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