There’s a similar story with mutton flaps. Another country from this area, Tonga, sees high rates of obesity and diabetes. In 2016, the Tongan Health Ministry revealed that the rate of diabetes in Tonga was 34% and the reason for this was mutton flaps. When lamb is eaten for its meat, There’s a part that is thrown away as a waste product. That is known as a mutton flap, 100g of mutton flap consists of 40g of fat and 420 calories.
This is thrown away in New Zealand and sold to Tonga. In fact, the rich people in New Zealand and Australia, Often feed mutton flaps and lamb flaps to their pets. In a country like Tonga, where the nearby water bodies aren’t polluted Fishing is possible. But the fish caught here are so valuable That it is more profitable to sell them abroad. They ship off the healthy fish and import cheap mutton flaps from abroad to feed the citizens. All of it comes down to economics and money.
In a country like Tonga, you can still see biodiversity. People go there to experience their wildlife and plant life, But in a country like Nauru, this isn’t an option any more. This is why, today, Nauru tops the list of countries least visited. There are almost zero tourists visiting Nauru.
