Balanites aegyptiaca
The West African giraffe survive primarily on a diet of leaves from "Acacia albida" and "Hyphaene thebaica" as well as "Annona senegalensis", "Parinari macrophylla", "Piliostigma reticulatum", and "Balanites aegyptiaca". In the late 1990s, an anti-desertification project for the area around Niamey encouraged the development of woodcutting businesses. An unintended effect of this was the destruction of much Tiger bush and giraffe habitat within the region. The Nigerien government has since moved to limit woodcutting in the area.