was not opposed and on August 25, 1980 an Order for Relief was entered. On May 5, 1981, more than eight months after the Order for Relief was entered, Mason moved to vacate the Order on the grounds that the original petition had not been joined in by the required three creditors. The trial court denied the motion and Mason appealed.
Mason appeals the order on the grounds that because the petition was defective, the Bankruptcy Court was without jurisdiction to enter its order. Defects in the creditors' petition do not deprive the Bankruptcy Court of subject matter jurisdiction and were waived by the debtor Mason when he failed to answer. In re Earl's Tire Service (D.C.Del.1980) 6 B.R. 1019. As stated in General Kontrolar Co. v. Allen, (6thof pristine forest in the world. Under little threat until fifteen years ago, deforestation and forest degradation are of increasing concern in the region. Gold mining activities driven by the sustained increase of gold price has experienced a significant boom and represents nowadays one of the main driver. The pollution of rivers and streams by mercury used in small-scale gold mining is also expanding, which increases risks to local population health and freshwater biodiversity. In 2010, the French National Forest Office (ONF) showed by using optical satellite images at medium and high resolution (HR) that gold mining activities’ impacts on forest cover and freshwater increased approximately by a factor three in the region between 2001 and 2008. More recently, Alvarez-Berríos et al. (2015) pointed out a sustained acceleration