“Also, the rainy season is only now coming to an end, and because deforestation typically takes place in the drier months of the year, the official fears that t

“Also, the rainy season is only now coming to an end, and because deforestation typically takes place in the drier months of the year, the official fears that the pace of losses could pick up speed. "In truth, it can be even worse," he said, because many of the areas recently damaged haven't yet been picked up by satellite images.” - from further down in the article, the speaker is an anonymous person in Brazil’s conservation department who isn’t giving his name for fear of reprisals,