Brazil won't complete rural registry to fight deforestation in 2019, but will still launch programme

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will have difficulty meeting a year-end deadline to complete a registry that matches all rural properties to their owners, a step in the fight against illegal deforestation, the country's forestry director, Valdir Colatto, said on Wednesday.

However, with all but five percent of rural properties recorded in the registry, known as CAR, the country will this month launch a programme to integrate the data already available with its system for monitoring deforestation via satellite imaging, a person with knowledge of the matter said.